patible with a love of display. One who is too solicitous about his dress is a slave to the opinions of men, for he certainly would not expend so much labor upon it if he thought he would not be observed. Beware, however, of going to the other extreme and dressing in a manner unsuited to your position. While claiming to despise the approbation or notice of the world, many secretly strive for it by their singularity and exaggerated simplicity. Finally, do not disdain humble and obscure employments. Only the proud seek to avoid these, for the man of true humility deems nothing in the world beneath him.
CHAPTER XXXI.
REMEDIES AGAINST COVETOUSNESS.
SECTION I.
Against Covetousness in General.
COVETOUSNESS is an inordinate desire of riches. Hence we regard as covetous not only the man who steals, but also the man who passionately longs for another's goods or too eagerly clings to his own. With great force St. Paul condemns this vice and declares it the source of all iniquity: "They that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men
