Money was made, not to command our will,
But all out lawful pleasure to fulfil.
Shame and read more

Money was made, not to command our will,
But all out lawful pleasure to fulfil.
Shame and woe to use, if we our wealth obey;
The horse doth with the horseman run away.

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that read more

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.

Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

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?