Every time I see a man on the streets with nothing left to live for, I often count not my sins nor blessings but my selfish mistakes

I will never not be poor, so what does it matter if I don't pay a thing and a half this week instead of just one thing? It's not like the sacrifice will result in improved circumstances; the thing holding me back isn't that I blow five bucks at Wendy's. It's that now that I have proven that I am a Poor Person that is all that I am or ever will be. It is not worth it to me to live a bleak life devoid of small pleasures so that one day I can make a single large purchase. I will never have large pleasures to hold on to. There's a certain pull to live what bits of life you can while there's money in your pocket, because no matter how responsible you are you will be broke in three days anyway. When you never have enough money it ceases to have meaning. I imagine having a lot of it is the same thing.

Success may sometimes come from being selfish, but if I can repay my debt with interest then I had given more than I took

You're broke, eh?"
I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches

When wealth is measured monetarily, it is often those performing the measuring who are poor.