Money is the Root of All Evil, Root as Useful as Potatoes

"Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes." -- Louisa May Alcott

Men Work for Money, In Unjust World Women Marry It

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world." -- Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott: Money a Precious & Noble Thing

“Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.” -- from the book, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott