Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth.
Horace on Money
10 quotes
For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.
Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money.
Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth.
As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more.
Odes (-23)
All powerful money gives birth and beauty.
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
Satires (-35)
Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?
Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it?
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Horace (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.