"He who is accustomed to this Sin of Gluttony may no Sin withstand. He must be in bondage to all vices, for it is in the Devil's hoard where he hides himself and takes his rest."

"If gold ruste, what shal iren do?"

"For in this world, certein, no wight there is, That he ne hath som favour in his sight."

"But al be that he was a philosophre, / Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre."

"A gentil Maunciple was ther of a temple, Of which achatours myghte take exemple For to be wise in byynge of vitaille."