The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)
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The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones
If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble
Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does
The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.