covetous quotes

Omnis cupidus at avarus contra naturam nititur et molitur. Natura namque pauperem adducit in mundum; natura pauperem reducit a mundo. Every covetous and avaricious man struggles and strives against nature.Fornature bringshim intotheworld poor, and takes him out of it poor.

-Pope Innocent III originally Lotario de' Conti di Segni
  De Miseraria Condicionis Humanae, bk.2, ch.12.