He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Quotes
Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardNo man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCWhoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCIt costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul Getty