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.
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I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time.
I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time.
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy
If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.
If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.
Money talks — but credit has an echo.
Money talks — but credit has an echo.
I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow who used to say, "Take
care of the pence, for the read more
I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow who used to say, "Take
care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves."
For I can raise no money by vile means.
For I can raise no money by vile means.
