Money is Opposite of Weather, Nobody Talks About It

"Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it" -- Rebecca Johnson

True Poverty is Want of Superfluities Not Necessities

"Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities" -- Samuel Johnson

Resolve Not to be Poor: Poverty an Enemy of Happiness

"Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult" -- Samuel Johnson

Hide Poverty from Others, Idleness from Self

"To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself" -- Samuel Johnson

Courage to Face Poverty Defines a Nation

"A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization" -- Samuel Johnson

Small Debts Make More Noise Than Large Debt

"Small debts are like small gun shot; they are rattling around us on all sides and one can scarcely escape being wounded. Large debts are like canons, they produce a loud noise, but are of little danger" -- Samuel Johnson

Debt is Not Inconvenience, but Calamity

"Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity" -- Samuel Johnson

Paying Workers Easier Than Charitable Giving

"You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity" -- Samuel Johnson

Willful Negligence Suggests Poverty: Samuel Johnson

"He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor." -- Samuel Johnson

Expensive Pleasures Cost Pain Eventually

"Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain." -- Samuel Johnson