Money Quotes by Horace

He who is greedy is always in want.

— Horace

A pauper in the midst of wealth.

— Horace

Get money first; virtue comes later.

— Horace

Money amassed either serves us or rules us.

— Horace

As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.

— Horace

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

— Horace

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

— Horace

Get money first; virtue comes after.

— Horace

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

— Horace

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

— Horace

Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

— Horace

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

— Horace

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.

— Horace

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

— Horace

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

— Horace

All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]

— Horace

Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth. [Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae, Fortuna non mutat…

— Horace

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the…

— Horace

Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si…

— Horace

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings…

— Horace

A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion…

— Horace

Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even…

— Horace

He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch…

— Horace

“He who combines the useful and the pleasing wins out by both instructing and delighting the reader. That is the sort of…

— Horace

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

— Horace

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

— Horace

He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish.

— Horace

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

— Horace

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

— Horace

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

— Horace

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

— Horace

Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.

— Horace

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

— Horace

People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my…

— Horace

If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

— Horace

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.

— Horace

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

— Horace

Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.

— Horace

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.

— Horace

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

— Horace