References for the Brigham Young excerpt:
Utah Hist Quart

Jour Discourses

(Note: The article containing this extract is "Use and Abuse of Blessings," Brigham Young, 1-248. He made similar comments on wealth several times. Some Saints began to accumulate wealth soon after settlement in Utah, and he worried about how they would treat their new wealth. Anyone interested should look into the Journal of Discourses, which is online in its entirety).
Journal of Discourses