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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Covetousness |
| Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. Marlowe—The Jew of Malta. Act I. Sc. 2. | 1 |
| Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis: ipsaque furem Cura vocat. Pauci, quod sinit alter, amant. We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. Ovid—Amorum. III. 4. 25. | 2 |
| Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor. True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. Phædrus—Fables. II. 1. 12. | 3 |
| Alieni appetens sui profusus. Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. Sallust—Catilina. V. | 4 |
| I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honor I am the most offending soul alive. Henry V. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 24. | 5 |
| When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. King John. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 28. | 6 |
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