“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”

“I don't have money but I have something even money can't buy - Satisfaction. I'm satisfied with whatever little I have.”

“You won’t let me buy any clothes. Now you won’t let me buy a road map, either!I need to spend some money or I’m going to go crazy!”

“Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!...”

“Oh, and I need to known where Jersey is and if I have enough money to buy it.”

“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.”