Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.
President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's.
Ah lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in or the fortunes they have met with.
Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse front its blows with brave hearts.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Life is thickly sown with thorns and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Omitted all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy no authority can revoke and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
Bottom line is I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25 my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.