“¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.”
Ecclesiastes 10:19 (KJV)
Context Reading
17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 19¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. 20¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.