Those who mention nothing of their poverty before their lord, will gain more than the importunate. There is a great difference between modestly accepting, or seizing by violence But this was the principle and source of every thing[ which I alleged]. He who says," My sister is without a portion, my mother poor, and my estate neither salable nor sufficient for my support," cries out[ in effect]," Give me a morsel of bread:" another whines," And let the platter be carved out for me with half a share of the bounty. "But if the crow could have fed in silence, he would have had better fare, and much less of quarreling and of envy. 