Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Riches
Riches are like muck which stinks in a heap, but spread abroad, make the earth fruitful.
—Anonymous
Riches, like insects, while concealed they lie,
Wait but for wings, and in their season fly.
—Alexander Pope
Worldly riches are like nuts; many clothes are torn in getting them, many a tooth broken in cracking them, but never a belly filled with eating them.
—Ralph Venning