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Misers: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. I. Sec. 2. Memb.3. Subsec. 12.

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave. good to others, all the esteem of his fellowcitizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.— BENJ. FRANKLIN — The Whistle.

Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill; Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still.— GOLDSMITH — The Traveller.

The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures.— MILTON — Comus. L. 398.

He sat among his bags, and, with a look Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor Away unalmsed; and midst abundance died- Sorest of evils!-died of utter want.— POLLOK — Course of Time. Bk. III. L. 276.

'Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy; Is it less strange the prodigal should waste His wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?— POPE — Moral Essays. Ep. IV. L. 1.

Decrepit miser; base, ignoble wretch; I am descended of a gentler blood.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. I. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 7.