It [being very rich] used to worry me, and I thought it's wrong to have so many beautiful things when others had nothing. Now I realize that it is possible for the rich to sin by coveting the privileges of the poor. The poor have always been the favorites of God and his saints, but I believe that is one of the special achievements of Grace to sanctify the whole of life, riches included.

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder