Francis Bacon Quotes About Money

Quotes about: Money

• Money is a great servant but a bad master.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Masters, Servant

• If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Men, Greed

• Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

  Francis Bacon

  Wise, Money, Wings

  Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.352

• Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Wealth, Masters

  "De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum". Book by Francis Bacon, Book Six, 1623.

• Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Advice, Proud

  Francis Bacon (1861). “Literary and Professional Works”, p.460

• No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Men, Ends

  Francis Bacon, Robert Leslie Ellis, William Rawley (1861). “The philosophical works of Francis Bacon, with prefaces and notes by the late Robert Leslie Ellis, together with English translations of the principal Latin pieces”, p.456

• Money is like muck, not good unless spread.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Spread, Change Your Attitude

  Francis Bacon (1842). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England”, p.568

• Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

  Francis Bacon

  Money, Littles, Use

• Riches are for spending.

  Francis Bacon

  Funny, Money, Riches

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Expense'

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