Reprehendenti filio Tito, quod etiam urinae vectigal commentus esset, pecuniam ex prima pensione admovit ad nares, sciscitans num odore offenderetur; et illo negante: Atqui, inquit, e lotio est.Titus complained of the tax which Vespasian had imposed on the contents of the city urinals. Vespasian handed him a coin which had been part of the first days proceeds: Does it smell bad? he asked. And when Titus said No he went on: Yet it comes from urine. Ch. 23 Sometimes misquoted as Pecunia non olet, Money doesnt smell.

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