Money and Wealth

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the people He gave it to.

History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make .

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therefore he lovede gold in special.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

They don't put indicators on your car in Beverly Hills. They figure if you're that rich you don't have to tell no one where you're going.

I wouldn't trust a bank that would lend money to such a poor risk as me.

I handed one of my creditors an IOU and thought thank heavens that's settled.

I'm sorry, my good fellow, but all my money is tied up in currency.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

Wealth is any income that is at least 100 dollars a year more than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.

Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.

WHEN I GET A LITTLE MONEY, I BUY BOOKS; AND IF ANY IS LEFT, I BUY FOOD AND CLOTHES.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

Money—pardon my expression—money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.

and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.