30+ Quotes By Shakespeare On Money To Embrace Financial Stability

Shakespeare Quotes On Money:  William Shakespeare is an honoured English playwright, poet and actor, who is greatly famous for his plays like Romeo and Juliet. However, the great poet is not just famous for his writing, but also his wisdom about the human condition, especially their relation with money and wealth. In his various plays through iconic characters, Shakespeare has talked about greed, generosity, frugality, and the value of riches. From awaring against the dangers of debt, cautioning against greed, or warning about the evils of excess, Shakespeare’s money lessons are somehow still significant. Here is a list of more than 30 of Shakespeare's quotes about money to embrace financial stability.

List Of 30+ Quotes By Shakespeare On Money To Embrace Financial Stability

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
– Hamlet

"Put money in thy purse."
– Othello

"He that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends."
– As You Like It

"If money goes before, all ways do lie open."
– The Merry Wives of Windsor

"Money is a good soldier, and will on."
– The Merry Wives of Windsor

"No profit grows where no pleasure is taken."
– The Taming of the Shrew

"For I can raise no money by vile means."
– Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare's Wisdom On Financial Stability

"Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets."
– Venus and Adonis

"Poor and content is rich, and rich enough."
– Othello

"How quickly nature falls into revolt when gold becomes her object!"
– Henry IV, Part 2

"All that glisters is not gold."
– The Merchant of Venice

"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
– Richard III

"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest."
– King Lear

"O, I do not like that paying back, 'tis a double labour."
– Cymbeline

"This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship without security."
– The Merchant of Venice

"Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal."
– The Taming of the Shrew

"So distribution should undo excess, and each man has enough."
– King Lear

"The world is not thy friend nor the world’s law: The world affords no law to make thee rich; Then be not poor, but break it, and take this."
– Romeo and Juliet

"Were it good to set the exact wealth of all our states all at one cast?"
– Henry IV, Part 1

Shakespeare Quotes About Money And Value

"All gold and silver rather turn to dirt! As 'tis no better reckoned, but of those who worship dirty gods."
– Cymbeline

"If thou art rich, thou art poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, Thou bears thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee."
– Measure for Measure

"You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live."
– The Merchant of Venice

"He that dies pays all debts."
– The Tempest

"You pay a great deal too dear for what’s given freely."
– The Winter’s Tale

"Who steals my purse steals trash … but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which … makes me poor indeed."
– Othello

"My pride fell with my fortunes."
– As You Like It

"For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
– Hamlet

"When rich villains need poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will."
– Much Ado About Nothing

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"With a good leg and a good foot, uncle, and money enough in his purse, such a man would win any woman in the world, if a’ could get her good-will."
– Much Ado About Nothing

"Pound of flesh."
– The Merchant of Venice

"I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse: borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable."
– Henry IV, Part 2

"Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
– Hamlet

"When gold becomes her object, how quickly nature falls into revolt."
– Henry IV, Part 2

Unlock financial success with William Shakespeare's timeless quotes about money, wealth and financial stability. Use these quotes as practical tips, according to your knowledge, for a secure future.