To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
Thomas Fuller
Never was a miser a brave soul.
George Herbert
Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.
Gertrude Stein
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
Publilius Syrus