Today this was read: "Charge the rich of this world." Charge what? Charge them "not to be proud-minded" (1 Tim 6:17) There is nothing that riches generate so much as pride. Every fruit, every grain, every kernel, every tree has its own worm; and the worm of the apple, the worm of the pear, the worm of the bean, the worm of the wheatall differ from one another. The worm of wealth is pride. (Augustine Sermon 61, 10; PL 38, 412-13)