“Rather free than rich”
“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
“It is better to be rich, happy and healthy, rather than poor, miserable and sick!”
“I'd rather be miserable and free than happy and caged.”
“I have always found that it is far more convenient to be rich rather than to be poor.”
“He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.”