“There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
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“And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money.”
opening lines, I Corinthians xiii (adapted)
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Context: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me nothing. Money suffereth long, and is kind; money envieth not; money vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. … And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money.

TED Conference http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html (2010)

“136. Old wine and an old friend are good provisions.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)