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The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great read more
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable.
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends; an incarnation of fat dividends.
Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends; an incarnation of fat dividends.
The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.
The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.