Section 5. Wealth⁠

Wealth, after all⁠, is⁠ but a relative thing: for he who has⁠ little, and wants⁠ still less, is richer than he who has much, and wants still more.—Rev. C. Cotton.

wealth, Reichtum, m., see S. 3, N. 2.

after all ... but, doch immer nur; a — thing, etwas Relatives.

When the subject, which may be preceded by its attributes, occupies the first place in a principal clause, either the copula or the verb must follow immediately.

to have = to possess.

‘to want’, here bedürfen.