And, first, we have no Paupers. the old and crippled among us, who possess nothing and have no families to take care of them, being too few to merit notice as a separate section of society, or to affect a general estimate. the great mass of our population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without labor, either manual or professional, being few, and of moderate wealth. most of the laboring class possess property, cultivate their own lands, have families, and from the demand for their labor are enabled to exact from the rich and the competent such prices as enable them to be fed abundantly, clothed above meer decency, to labor moderately and raise their families. they are not driven to the ultimate resources of dexterity and skill, because their wares will sell, altho’ not quite so nice as those of England. the wealthy, on the other hand, and those at their ease, know nothing of what the Europeans call Luxury. they have only somewhat more of the comforts & decencies of life than those who furnish them. can any condition of society be more desirable than this?

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

I don't wanna get rich — just live good.

I don't come from a well-off family. We're very middle-class, lower-middle-class, so that's something I cherish.

Be content with your lot.

If you cannot get things as much as you desire than be contented with what you have.

We do not struggle as working class, we struggle against being working class, against being classified.

Riches do not make one rich but busy.

Obviously we're English middle-class chaps - there's not much voodoo chile about us.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Servants, of course, were not a particular luxury–it was not a case of only the rich having them; the only difference was that the rich had more.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.