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It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
[Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
[Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."
The only shame is to have none
The only shame is to have none
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
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 cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed read more
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
[Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet
non pudebit.]
Money, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.
Money, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.