A full purse makes the heart light.

人有钱，心事轻。

A light purse is a heavy curse.

人无钱，处处难。

A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face.

钱袋起皱，脸也起皱。

A man without money is a bow without arrow.

没钱之人就像无箭之弓。

Money is sinews of war.

金钱是战争的原动力。

Money is power.

金钱就是权力。

Money rules the world.

金钱支配世界。

All things are obedient to money.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

债上手头，愁上心头。

Debt is the worst kind of poverty.

贫穷莫过于欠债。

Industry is wealth’s right hand, and frugality her left.

勤劳和节俭，财富左右手。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

金钱用于脑，永远不徒劳。

Learning is better than house and land.

学富五车胜于家财万贯。

Money is the root of all evil.

金钱是万恶之源。

Ill-gotten goods never prosper.

不义之举难发家。