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Francis Bacon Quotes about Money

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Money is a great servant but a bad master.

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

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

Francis Bacon
Money, Littles, Use

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.

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

Riches are for spending.

Francis Bacon
Funny, Money, Riches
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Expense'

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

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

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