(Hebrew prophet. B.C. 600)
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they sacrifice unto their nets, and burn incense unto their drags; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
By Martial
(Latin poet, A.D. 43-104)
If you are a poor man now, Aemilianus, a poor man you will always be. Nowadays, riches are bestowed on no one but the rich.
By Cato, the Censor
(Latin, B.C. 234-149)
Small thieves lie in towers fastened to wooden blocks; big ones strut about in gold and silver.