Money is so dear that one conceives of money as being sweeter than honey. Therefore, who can give up the desire to accumulate money, especially in household life? Thieves, professional servants [soldiers] and merchants try to acquire money even by risking their very dear lives.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
को न्वर्थतृष्णां विसृजेत्प्राणेभ्योऽपि य ईप्सितः । यं क्रीणात्यसुभिः प्रेष्ठैस्तस्करः सेवको वणिक्
ko nvarthatṛṣṇāṃ visṛjetprāṇebhyo'pi ya īpsitaḥ | yaṃ krīṇātyasubhiḥ preṣṭhaistaskaraḥ sevako vaṇik
SB 7.6.10