A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty. Roughing It (1872)
Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, & over these ideals they dispute & cannot unite — but they all worship money. Mark Twain's Notebook (1935)
Simple rules for saving money.To save half: When you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait, and count to forty.To save three-quarters, count sixty.To save it all, count sixty-five. More Tramps Abroad (1897)
The lack of money is the root of all evil. Misattributed While this quote does appear in Twain's posthumous The Refuge of the Derelicts (1905)