Wenn du nicht dein eignes oder deiner Unterthanen Gut vergeudest, so magst du wol freigebig sein, wie Cyrus, Cäsar und Alexander: fremdes Gut durchbringen, macht keinen schlechten Namen, sondern das Gegentheil. Nur die Verschwendung des eignen schadet.
And of that which is neither yours nor your subjects' you can be a ready giver, as were Cyrus, Caesar, and Alexander; because it does not take away your reputation if you squander that of others, but adds to it; it is only squandering your own that injures you.