Going to Hell in Embroidrery

Image by Urban Combing (Ultrastar175g) via FlickrWatch lest prosperity destroy generosity. – Henry Ward Beecher




Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. – Proverb



A fortune is usually the greatest of misfortunes to children. It takes the muscles out of the limbs, the brain out of the head, and virtue out of the heart. – Henry Ward Beecher



It is poor encouragement to toil through life to amass a fortune to ruin your children. In nine cases out of ten, a large fortune is the greatest curse which could be bequeathed to the young and inexperienced. – Jean de la Bruyere



To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. – Edward Parsons Day



Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetite. – Thomas Fuller

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