It was the rich imagery of his style which above all fascinated his oriental audience, and helped to make him the most popular orator of the Eastern Church. He also considers this as one of Chrysostom's weaknesses since he uses them too much and at times there are many in succession and the main idea is lost in this train of images. Finally, there is ecphrasis , a device peculiar to the Second Sophists. It is a word picture or vivid description of persons or places or objects. Chrysostom used this with restraint and was not as elaborate as his contemporaries.
Covetousness is one thing, wealth is another.
The covetous man is not rich, the covetous man wants many things. Since he needs many things he never prospers. He would sooner give away a part of his flesh than a portion of his buried gold. As if he were commanded and ordered to touch nothing of these possessions, he watches them with the greatest care and refrains from using them as if they belonged to another. They do belong to another.