Jonathan Swift on money

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)

If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.

Katharine Hepburn1907–2003

• Sex

Cocaine is God’s way of telling someone that they’re too rich.

Robin Williams1951–2014

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