Covetousness

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William Shakespeare
Covetousness
Desire
Sin
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
Michel de Montaigne
Nature
Beginning
Covetousness
Devil
End
First
Vice
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
John Milton
Covetousness
Man
Treasure
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
John Milton
Covetousness
Modesty
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
Christopher Marlowe
Wealth
Cause
Covetousness
Excess