Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
No man becomes bad all at once.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.