The first wealth is health.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations governments and to extremely wealthy individuals.
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary although it has often been made has never proved widely persuasive.
Wealth in even the most improbable cases manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.
My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.