Money Not Made to Command, But to Serve Pleasure

"Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfil. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away." -- Abraham Cowley

Expectation of Inheritance Cause of Bafflement

"The art of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation." -- William Hazlitt

To Live Forever, Make Me Your Heir: Lord Byron

"The way to be immortal (I mean not to die at all) is to have me for your heir. I recommend you to put me in your will and you will see that (as long as I live at least) you will never even catch cold." -- Lord Byron