I came upon an interesting version of the expression 'money talks' in Divrei Emes, Kuntres Ha'anavah V'hayirah 3 by R' Alexander Moshe Lapides (a student of R' Yisroel Salanter): "Mi She'yeish Lo Ha'mei'os Yeish Lo Ha'dei'os." :-) (He calls it "Maamar Ha'olam" but since I don't recall ever seeing it, I'm sharing it here.) KT, MYG