"And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to …"

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

"Truly, misers fare not to heavenly realms; nor, indeed, do fools praise generosity. But the wise man rejoices in givi…"

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

"His heart is like a maggot-eaten nut: There's nothing in it ; but 'tis closely shut."

"The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures."

"He sat among his bags, and, with a look Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor Away unalmsed; and midst abund…"

"'Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy; Is it less strange the prodig…"

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

"If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the es…"