Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
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All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship dirty gods.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.

Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.

Embarrassment of riches.
[Fr., Embarras des richesse.]

Embarrassment of riches.
[Fr., Embarras des richesse.]

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying read more

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.