wealth, n.Definitions

Wealth is an ugly beggar when it is without a rich heart.

Wealth is coveted by all, but not its perils.

Wealth is a pedigree to the man that lacks one.

Wealth is a portent of merit, and causes it to be the sooner noticed.

Wealth is always power, so power must infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other.

Wealth is greatest when it involves living content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

Wealth is, along with security and prestige, such that when a group tastes its fruits, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.

Wealth is like a viper, which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it... but if he does not, it will twine round his hand and bite him.