Nouveau Riche

Smart tyrants retire rich. - Voltaire

A rich man's joke is always funny. - Thomas Edward Brown

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. - Benjamin Disraeli

No man is rich enough to buy back his past. - Oscar Wilde

Foolish indeed are those who trust to fortune. - Lady Murasaki

When the rich make war it's the poor that die. - Jean-Paul Sartre

I bought a million lottery tickets. I won a dollar. - Steven Wright

Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house. - Unknown

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. - The Bible

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas. - Evita Peron

Fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond of doctors, little health. - Hebrew Proverb

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. - Mohammed

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it. - Dianne Feinstein

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. - Ruth E. Renkel

How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? - Jay Leno

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. - Michel de Montaigne

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. - Voltaire

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal. - Frank Dane

You cannot build God's reputation if you aren't willing to risk yours. - Mark Batterson

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer. - Joan Collins

Wealthy people miss one of life's greatest thrills: making the last car payment. - Unknown

How easy it is for a man to die rich, if he will but be contented to live miserable. - Henry Fielding

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. - Ani DiFranco

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. - Soren Kierkegaard

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. - Henry Ward Beacher

Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. - Donald Trump

We all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summer. The poor get it in the winter. - Bat Masterson

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. - Thomas W. Higginson

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together. - Earl Nightingale

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - Mark 10:25

No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there. - Corra May Harris

When you're my age, you just never risk being ill - because then everyone says, "Oh, he's done for." - John Gielgud

Everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer. - Jim Carrey

I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man. - Malcolm Muggeridge

If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers! - Homer Simpson

A lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island. - Malcolm Muggeridge

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him. - Jerry Falwell

Animals are not our selfie props. If there's any risk that your photo is going to hurt or stress an animal, it's not worth it. - Angela Henderson

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. - Oscar Ameringer

Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary - it's an act of infinite optimism. - Gilda Radner