The rich enjoy the fruits of the poor's labor.

——[English] Swift: "Gulliver's Travels"

The rich think they are wise, but the smart poor can see through him.

——"Old Testament"

He who is content despite poverty is rich and very rich. And those who, despite being rich, worry all day long about when they will become poor, wither like the winter world.

——[English] Shakespeare: "Othello"

The happiness of the rich is brought by the tears of the poor.

——[English] Thomas Fuller

Among the crowd, the richest are frugal people, and the poorest are misers.

——[Fa] Chamfort: "Aphorisms and Reflections