Money, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
—The BibleIf you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerFormula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyThe populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCMammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardOnly the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCMuch money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702