Jean Racine Quotes

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

Honor, without money, is a mere malady.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.

To be without silver is better than to be without honor.

I always tell people, 'I have more respect for somebody with no money and class than somebody who is trash and makes $1 billion.'

But few prize honour more than money.

Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor.

With money, who needs friends?

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

Not everything is for sale; not everything is about money.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

Human nature doesn't change. When enough people are comfortable enough financially, there is going to be human nature that wants to spend more money on better quality and, to some degree, status symbols as well.

Wealth has never been a sufficient source of honour in itself. It must be advertised, and the normal medium is obtrusively expensive.

Class does not mean huge possession of money. Mother Teresa was a classy woman. So is Manjula Bhargava, a great mathematician of Indian origin. The concept that you automatically gain class by acquiring money is an outdated thought process.

The money is important in life, but the money is not everything. I don't want to sell myself for money. I don't want to sell my reputation for money.

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty . . . . Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys basic people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

Money is sensual.