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In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality; i.e. Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets (necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become Rich.
Benjamin Franklin Advice to a Young Tradesman · 1748

Wealth Quotations

“In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality; i.e. Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets (necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become Rich.”

Benjamin Franklin · Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748 · Primary source

“Great estates may venture more; little boats must keep near shore.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“For our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“It is commonly observed, that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery, or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and, with the rapid wealth, come rapid claims: which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo; as if, after expense has been fixed at a certain point, then new and steady rills of income, though never so small, being added, wealth begins.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“Society in large towns is babyish, and wealth is made a toy.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.”

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 1888 · Primary source

“To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople; to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

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Authors
Benjamin Franklin American statesmanRalph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherHenry David Thoreau American writer and philosopher
Works
Poor Richard’s Almanack Benjamin Franklin · 1732-1758Advice to a Young Tradesman Benjamin Franklin · 1748Walden Henry David Thoreau · 1849
Themes
Wealth can be built through productive work and restrained spendingTime and money are resources to be used carefullyRisk should match available resources
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WealthFrugalitySavingRisk
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