Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold,
And almost every vice — almighty gold.

Epistle to Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland, lines 1-2. Compare: "The flattering, mighty, nay, almighty gold", John Wolcot, To Kien Long, Ode iv; "Almighty dollar", Washington Irving, The Creole Village. - The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616) - The Forest