"No man who knows what his income is, and what he is spending, will run into extravagance."[20] Plutarch tells us of a man whose income was £500, and he spent £5000 a year knowingly. This must have been an exceptional case. There is an obscure dictum that "money is the root of all evil." "Gold! gold!"[21] said an ill-known poet, and, on the other hand, "Hail, independence!"[22] said another. "If thou art rich, thou'rt poor"[23] is on the face of it an untruth.
[1] "Principia Latina."
[2] Goldsmith.
[3] Burns.
[4] "Essay on Man."
[5] Lubbock.
[6] Lubbock.
[7] "Punch."
[8] Macaulay.
[9] Lubbock.