The Rules of Wealth, 3rd Edition

Once you’ve worked hard to earn it, it does seem a bit unfair to share it. But if you don’t you run the risk of your hardworking outstretched hand turning into an arthritic grasping claw. Money can be earned, grown, guarded, fought over, used well, used badly, won, lost, buried, invested, given away, bought back, exchanged and divided up. But the nicest thing to do with it is surely to share it.

I’m not talking do-gooding here. I’m talking sharing because sharing is a kind thing to do. It won’t buy you a ticket into heaven but it will help others. I know you’ve worked hard, grafted, and burnt the midnight oil to get to where you are today ...