[Ronaldus Magnus Reagan]

He was not only one very funny man but he was one of the smartest fellows who ever graced the earth

Except when it came to investments. He was terrible. He kept squandering his fortune on ridiculous inventions such as the infant bed clamp.

[beyond the sea]

He didn't much care for riches:

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...being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time. -The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant. - Open Letter to Commodore Vanderbilt, 1869

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.