Kings are naturally lovers of low company.
(Edmund Burke: Speech on the Economical Reform.)
Don Marquis, «There is nothing…»
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
(Don Marquis.)
Palladas, «When the man of plenty…»
When the man of plenty nears the end of his,
Death yawns beneath him like a precipice.
(Palladas.)
Palladas, «It’s no great…»
It’s no great step for a poor man to the grave.
He’s lived his life out only half-alive.
(Palladas.)
George Eliot, «One…»
One must be poor
to know the luxury of giving.
(George Eliot: Middlemarch.)
Walter Bagehot, «The purse strings…»
The purse strings tie us to our kind.
(Walter Bagehot: Literary Studies.)
Louisa May Alcott, «House-keeping…»
House-keeping ain’t no joke.
(Louisa May Alcott: Little Women.)
Thomas Fuller, «A lazy hand…»
A lazy hand is no argument
of a contented heart.
(Thomas Fuller (I): The Holy State & the Profane.)
Vauvenargues, «The lazy…»
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Thomas Fuller (II), «Good swimmers…»
Good swimmers are oftenest drowned.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)