I've been rich, and I've been poor. And believe me, rich is better. (Sophie Tucker)
Them what has, gets. (my late mother; and no, she didn't normally talk like that)
And a couple of others:
Only those who already have enough money can scorn or despise money.
In a biopic about Katherine Hepburn, who came from a very well-to-do Connecticut family, there is a scene where Katherine brings Howard Hughes home to her family. In reply to a comment of Hughes', one of Katherine's family—I think it was her mother—says, "We never talk about money." Again, that's an attitude only the very comfortably well off can take—or can afford to take.
The late, great Anna Russell—a British performer who created satires and spoofs of musical works--wrote a little work to illustrate "writing your own Gilbert and Sullivan operetta." In this little satirical operetta of hers, she has a character sing,
Oh, it's awfully, awfully funny,
To have lots and lots of money,
And be horrible to those who've none.
Copyright © 2010 by Richard Stein
I like what one oil baron had to say about money: "Money is like manure. When it's spread evenly it can be great. When it's all piled high in one place it stinks"
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