No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702Quotes
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCNobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardWhoever 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 BCMoney, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonHe that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy Parker