Roger L'Estrange

“ If the Nearest Friead a Covetous Man has in the World, had really a Mine in his Guts, he'd Rip him up to Find it: For his Bus’ness is to make the Most of what he has, and of what he can get, without any regard to the Course of Providence, or of Nature: And what's the End of All These Unreasonable Desires, but Loss, Sorrow, and Disappointment? ”

“ No, Not if a Miracle should Interpose to Gratify their Avarice; for it makes Men Unthankful to the Highest Degree, not only in General, for the Benefits they Receive, bur in particular also to the very Benefactors Themselves. ”