Gold opens every gate; e’en that of hell.
MONANDER (C. 342–291 B.C.)
Gold and riches, the chief causes of war.
CORNELIUS TACITUS (C. 56–C. 120)
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.
PROVERB
Better rich in God than rich in gold.
PROVERB
A miser’s wealth is the devil’s.
ARABIAN PROVERB
A golden bit does not make a better horse.
LATIN PROVERB
A fool and his money are soon parted, but you never call him a fool till the money is gone.
The wicked shun the light as the devil shuns the cross.
DUTCH PROVERB
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked person cannot be measured.
INDIAN PROVERB
Flee the wicked, even when they are agreeable, instructive, and charming.