Seine Freigebigkeit hat Wenige bereichert, seine Verschwendung aber drückt Viele, und er kommt darüber bei der ersten Verlegenheit in Gefahr. Sieht er dies ein und will zurückziehen, so kommt er in den bösen Ruf der Filzigkeit.
This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus, with his liberality, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the reproach of being miserly.