Francis Bacon

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men’s manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Somebody said to me, ‘But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.’ That’s a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool’.

Cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free.

If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.

They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it’s very busy, when they have one.

finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts: financial worries.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn’t be enough to go around.

I’m bout this shmoney!

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the FOUNDING of a bank?

If you want to make a million you don’t have to understand money, what you have to understand is people’s fears about money.

The point is, you can never be too greedy.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten