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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2042 Ben Jonson 1572-1637 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2042
AUTHOR:Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
QUOTATION:Get money; still get money, boy,
No matter by what means. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Every Man in his Humour. Act ii. Sc. 3.
 
Note 1.
Get place and wealth,—if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Alexander Pope: Horace, book i. epistle i. line 103. [back]