Not greedy of filthy¹ lucre².

Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 3,

Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

French Proverb

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Breakfast of Champions

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC)

There is no calamity³ greater than lavish⁴ desires.

There is no greater guilt⁵ than discontentment.

And there is no greater disaster than greed.

Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu