Misers

"Misers are evil people, they turn away and disregard others."

"Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet."

"Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can neer enjoy; Is it less strange the prodigal should waste His wealth to purchase what he neer can taste?"

"If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle."

"Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill; Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still."

"The unsunnd heaps Of misers treasures."

"Truly, misers fare not to heavenly realms; nor, indeed, do fools praise generosity. But the wise man rejoices in giving, and by that alone does he become happy hereafter."

"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."

"A mere madness, to live like a wretch, and die rich."

"Decrepit miser; base, ignoble wretch; I am descended of a gentler blood."

"Quærit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti."

"Abiturus illuc priores abierunt, Quid mente cæca torques spiritum? Tibi dico, avare."