Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.

If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without read more

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement,
psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common read more

In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement,
psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common
sense and the poets have long known--that the essence of money is
in its absolute worthlessness.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of read more

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you read more

Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers your scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?