Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Quotes
Money, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonMoney is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCNobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardIt costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyNo man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerThe character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCNo man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959