Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Quotes
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerHe 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, 1959Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyMammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCNo man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BC