If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.Horace
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.Ovid
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.Lucius Annaeus Seneca