Extract from The Voyage of the Short Serpent by Bernard Du Boucheron
Ah, miserable creatures, to forget that in order not to offend God, ornament, vanity and extravagance are to be reserved solely for the rich man! For the sumptuousness of his finery deprives him not of the bare necessities; he knows how to allocate his spending in the sparing proportions which allow for the satisfaction of all his needs. Only he whose table is abundant has license to adorn himself.