“Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for liberty.” — Earliest known publication in the (Bennington) Vermont Gazette (8 July 1817) p. 2. Later misattributed to Thomas Jefferson. Reported in Anna Berkes, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (Spurious Quotation)", monticello.org (11 August 2010) “'Tis an ill wind that blows no man to profit.” — A Merry Knack to Know a Knave (ed. 1594) p. 32 (Coneycatcher) “Faster horses, older whiskey, younger women, and more money.” — Boast of the American West, attributed to railroad men who came to Texas in search of oil (late 19th or early 20th century); in Sally Helgesen, Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money (1981) p. 29 . Cf. Tom T. Hall “Praise undeserv'd is satire in disguise.” — "Epigram on a Certain Line of Mr. Br----, Author of a Copy of Verses, Call'd the British Beauties", in Lewis Theobald (ed.) The Grove; or, A Collection of Original Poems, Translations, &c (1721), p. 294 [http://books.google.com/books?id=HnACAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Praise+undeserv'd+is+scandal+in+disguise%22&pg=PA118#v=onepage “The 'Almighty Dollar' is the only object of worship.” — In the Philadelphia Public Ledger (2 December 1836); cited in Notes and Queries, ser. 11, vol. 3 (11 Feb. 1911) p. 109 “Remember: it is not given to man to take his goods with him.” — The Song of the Harper, st. 10, as translated by W. K. Simpson (1972) Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.