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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.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

The sinews of affairs are cut.

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it's real money.

Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around.

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.

Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five.

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

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?

Money begets money.

Money does not change men, it only unmasks them.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all.

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

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.

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.

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.