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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, read more
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to
teach:
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in
subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he
take care of the church of God?)
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as read more
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.
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.
Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that read more
Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that there is no human relationship between master and slave.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.
Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought read more
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.
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.