You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it read more
Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place it stinks like hell.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it's real money.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it's real money.
How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, read more
How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,
But) of find unclipt gold, where dully rests
Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp;--
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
