Samuel Butler

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one.

Philanthropic efforts are among the best rewards you can have for a life well lived.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Steve Jobs didn’t give a shit about money, and I do give a shit about money. I wanted to have a lot of money. I thought it would change my life, which it did, but not in the ways I expected.

When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet.

The best thing I know about me, is that I’m rich

Carpe per diem – seize the check.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don’t want to – I just want to be at home with my family.

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich

All money is a matter of belief.

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.