Riches do not exhilarate us so much by their possession as they torment us with their loss. Gregory.
Riches fineless is as poor as winter / To him that ever fears he shall be poor. Othello, iii. 3.
Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them. Plutarch.
Riches have made mair men covetous than covetousness has made men rich. Sc. Pr.
Riches have wings. Pr. 25
Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Bible.
Riches take peace from the soul, but rarely, if ever, confer it. Petrarch.
Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us. Love is God. Lew Wallace.
Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one. Feltham.
Richt wrangs nae man. Sc. Pr. 30