To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.
What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.
Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.
Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder.
I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle.
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.