Before the day of judgment.” “Gentlemen,
I’ll gladly wait the trial until then.”
Once poor, and kind of heart, thou’rt rich and greedy, Jan!
The touchstone proves the gold, the gold doth prove the man.
Constantijn Huygens, 1596–1687.
I met a kinsman of mine but now,
And asked him where he lived, and how?
“Like any prince,” so said my friend,
“I have enough to eat and drink, and debts without an end.”