Proverbs and Quotes about Money and Wealth

A bad penny always comes back.

A fair exchange is no robbery

A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted.

A happy heart is better than a full purse

A heavy purse gives to a light heart

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

A little each day is much in a year.

A man's intentions seldom add to his income.

A penny always turns up

A penny saved is a penny earned

A poor man is better than a liar.

A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not.

All beginning is difficult The first million is the hardest

Always you are to be rich next year.

Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse

Better to have than to wish.

By hook or by crook.

Credit won by lying is quick in dying.

Cultivate money and you grow rich, Cultivate mind and you raise culture

Diamonds are forever.

Every man has his price.

Every man is the architect of his destiny.

Experience is the father of wisdom.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves

He has enough who is content.

He is rich that is satisfied.

He that pays last never pays twice.

He who pays the piper calls the tune

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

He who sleeps forgets his hunger.

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty

Hunger is a good sauce.

Hunger is not dainty.

Hunger is the best sauce

Hunger is the best spice.

Hunger never knows the taste, sleep never knows the comfort

If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.

In for a penny, in for a pound

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It is better to be born lucky than rich.

It’s easy to be generous with another man’s money.

Little and often fill the purse.

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Money begets money.

Money burns a hole in your pocket.

Money does not grow on trees

Money doesn’t grow on trees.

Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit

Money is not everything

Money is the root of all evil

Money is the root of all evil

Money makes many things, but also makes devil dance

Money makes the mare to go. Money is the key that opens every door. Money talks.

Money makes the world go around

Money makes the world go around

Money makes the world go round.

Money talks

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Money talks.

Money will soothe the itching palm.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Nothing seems expensive on credit

One law for the rich and another for the poor

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Paint applied to wall, money given for slut will never come back

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat

Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.

Ready money is ready medicine.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

The best cast at dice is not to play.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

There is no honour among thieves.

Time is money.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs

What you get dirt cheap is often cheap as dirt.