Beware of greed, cupiditas, which if thou espousest will devour thee body and soul. For avarice and greed for geare be the marque of the arrogant man, whose conceit treateth none other as brother or sister, but as an hireling without title to possessions, fit to be drained of substance by the proud and those driven by avarice. - The Wise Words of William of Worplesdon (circa 1295).