Wealth and Money
The love of money is the root of all evil.
—New Testament
Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
—John Stuart Mill(1806-1873 British philosopher and economist)
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.
—John Gay(1865-1732 British poet and dramatist)
Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca(ca. 4 B.C. – A.D. 65 Roman philosopher and statesman)
I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
—Oscar II(1829-1907 the King of Sweden and Norway)
There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say, the haves and the have-nots.
—Miguel Cervantes(1547-1616 Spanish novelist)
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
—Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790 American politician and scientist)
Money makes the mare go.
—James Sanford(1917-1998 American politician and educationist)
Few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
—Robert Ingersoll(1833-1899 American lawer and “the Great Agnostic”)
Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
—Pierre Charron(1541-1603 French philosopher)
If your Riches are yours, why don’t you take them with you to the other world?
—Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790 American politician and scientist)
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear.
—Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862 American author)
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
—Voltaire(Francois Marie Arouet 1694-1778 French writer)
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace of happiness.
—Henrik Ibsen(1828-1906 Norwegian playwright and poet)
The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
—Hesiod(8th Century B.C. Greek poet)