“Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.” IfsGivingLongDoeMoneyPartyHonestDevilAll ThingsRewardsThriveWagesPious Author:Seneca the Younger
“Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]” IfsMeanMoneyHonestMaking Money Author:Horace
“Money does all things,--for it gives and it takes away; it makes honest men and knaves, fools and philosophers; and so forward, mutatis mutandis, to the end of the chapter.” MenGivingDoeEndsMoneyHonestFoolAll ThingsPhilosopherChaptersHonest ManKnaves Book:Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists: with morals and reflections Source: Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists: with morals and reflections
“An honest, sensible, humane man, . . . laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show, living in modest simplicity . . . is really the most respectable man in society, [and] makes himself and all about him most happy.” MenShowsMoneyRichHonestSimplicitySensibleModestHumaneRespectableRespectable Man Author:John Adams