Mark Twain Quotes

I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

The more men value money the less they value virtue.

I always tell people, 'I have more respect for somebody with no money and class than somebody who is trash and makes $1 billion.'

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

But few prize honour more than money.

Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

So I think ethics is the broader thing that's less focused on prohibitions and is more perhaps looking at principles and questions and ideas about how to live your life.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was - my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.

I do like nice things; we do live in a great house, but I don't choose my friends by how much money they have or what labels they're wearing.

More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen