Wine maketh merry but money answereth
Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Our king, Peter of York," said he, "hath sent us to Lincoln with those moneys that--" View in context. References in classic literature? They do not understand the plainest things, such as the entrance into a great city. The only reason why some people have blessings and possessions is because they were given them by God, and not because they worked hard, or because they were good and honest people. For my money, it's not worth the trouble. In this expression, buck carries the American slang meaning of dollar, making the origin of the term self-evident.