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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Money

1803–1882 United States

← All quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

9 quotes

The world is his, who has money to go over it.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

Ability (1856)

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

Society and Solitude (1870)

Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

English Traits (1856)

Of all debts men are least willing to pay the taxes. What a satire is this on government! Everywhere they think they get their money’s worth, except for these.

The horseman serves the horse,
The neatherd serves the neat,
The merchant serves the purse,
The eater serves his meat;
'Tis the day of the chattel,
Web to weave, and corn to grind;
Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.

Poems (1847)

Money often costs too much.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ralph Waldo Emerson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.