John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 5:10

Verſ. 10. Hee that loveth ſilver, ſhall not bee ſatisfied with ſilver] As hee cannot fill his belly, nor cloath his back with it, ſo neither can hee ſatisfie his inordinate appetite and deſire after it, though hee had heaped and horded it up, as the great Calyph of Babylon had, that covetous caytiff, ſtarved to death by Haalon brother to Mango, the great Cham of Cataia, in the midſt of his gold, ſilver, and precious ſtones, whereof, till then, hee could never have enough. Auri nempe fames parto fit major ab auro, Turk. hist. Prudentius. A man may as ſoon fill a cheſt with grace, as an heart with wealth. As a circle cannot fill a triangle: ſo neither can the whole world (if it could bee compaſſed) poſſibly fill the heart of man. Animarationalis caeteris omnibus occupari poteſt, impleri non poteſt, Bern. The reaſonable ſoul may bee buſied about other things, but it cannot bee filled with them. Non plus ſatiatur cor auro, quam corpus aura, As ayr fills not the body, ſo neither doth mony the minde. It cannot therefore bee Mans chiefeſt good (as Mammoniſts make it) ſith it doth not terminate his appetite, but that although hee hath never ſo much of it, yet is hee as hungry after more, as if hee were not worth an half-peny. Theocritus brings in the covetous perſon firſt wiſhing, —Mille meis errent in montibus agni.

[non-Latin text not transcribed], ardere. Hinc ardens appetitus.That hee had a thouſand ſheep in his flock. And this when hee hath gotten, then, Pauperis eſt numerare pecus. Hee would have Cattel without number. The Greeks derive their word for Deſire, from a root that ſignifieth to burn. Now if one ſhould heap never ſo much fuel upon a fire, it would not quench it, but kindle it the more. So here. Surely as a Ship may bee overladen with ſilver even unto ſinking, and yet have compaſs and ſides enough to hold ten times more: ſo a covetous wretch, though hee hath enough to ſink him,Saluſt. yet never hath hee enough to ſatisfie him. Cataline was ever alieni appetens, ſui profuſus, not more prodigal of his own, than deſirous after other mens eſtates.