Work & Money Sayings

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example to the poor to plunder the rich of his property.

No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.

The best way to worship God is to do your ordinary work well.

Even kings and emperors have vast riches and still they are not content. Probably because they can't find matching socks.

We are poor, miserable sinners, but God is rich in mercy.

I shall be happy if my work contributes to the progress of the sciences, and to the well-being of mankind.

The works of nature are such that they do not exist without cause.

Let no one who is not a geometrician read my works.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what prevents the poor from murdering the rich.

To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.

I came to Russia a poor girl, and I will make Russia rich.

We are not here to play, but to work.

The business of men is to be happy; but in this world, I think it is enough if we can avoid being miserable.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

It is not the business of the public to think, but to see.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous, but to make them safe.