“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.”
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“The sinews of war are infinite money.”
“Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.”
“I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.”
“Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.”
“Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.”
“To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”
“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.”
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”
“You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.”
“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”
“The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.”
“It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.”
“The want of money is the root of all evil.”
“We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.”
“For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.”
“There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.”
“The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.”
“The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.”
“Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.”
“Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.”
“The passion for money is never fickle.”
“To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.”
“Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.”