If you are happy, rich will probably make you more happy.

If you are unhappy, rich will probably make you less unhappy.

Famous anonymous quotation: I have been rich and I have been poor, rich is better.

Poor is different from not rich, but still...

I can understand how people overestimate the power of money to solve all their problems, but still...

Definition of rich, to me, is over 5 mil, liquid, unencumbered.

Definition of, villa in South of France, really rich, is over 50 mil, liquid, unencumbered.

The former would be fine with me. French villa is not my style.

Rich provides an opportunity for achievement, that is a simple fact.

Rich is often synonymous with power and fame. The latter is a nuisance, as for the former, I have heard it is good to be King. :)

The odds of being made long term happy with riches is probably directly correlated with one's satisfaction with their current status. In the long haul, nothing is likely to make the miserable happy.

Finally, "A fool and his money are soon parted." I have seen this proved over and over.