Peter Alphonse

“ The philosopher said: "Honor thyself as the lesser person and give him of thy substance, just as thou wishest that the greater honor thee and give thee of his substance." Another: "It is indeed base for a rich man to be avaricious, but it is beautiful for man of moderate means to be liberal." ”

“ The disciple saide to the Maister: "Write thow to me the diffinicioun of the largesse, the Auarous, and the Prodogus; that is to say, the large or free man, the Covetous man, and the wastour." [10] [The fader] : "Whiche yevith to whom it is to yeve and withholdith and reteyneth to whom it is to withold, is [11] large; and [whiche] forbedith to whom it is forboden and to whom it is nat forboden [is] covetous. [12] And who that yevith to whom it is nat to yeve is a wastour." [13]
"Do not engage in a business that is failing, and do not delay to become associated with a growing business." ”

“ And this don Nedwy in his Maister absence secretly saide to the geldyng: 'Sir, my Maister is frentik and while he suffrith that he leesith his wit and vndiscretly betith and hurtith theym that bien aboute hym.' To whom the geldyng: 'If I knewe the tyme whan this to hym fallith, nat vnwarly don, I shuld bynde hym and with whippes correcte hym.' Than Nedwy saide: 'Whan thow seest hym bihold and looke hider and thider and betyng the grounde with his handis and risyng from his seete and castyng awey the stoole that he sat on with his hand, than thow maist knowe that he is out of his wit ”

“ The whiche respityng but a long while bitwene, asked of the geldyng what he had forfeted. To this the geldyng saide: 'Thi disciple Nedwy told me that whan thow art out of thi wit and woode that neither but in bondis and betynges thow be corrected, thow canst nat ceese; and therf or I bond the and bete the.' The tailour heryng this cald Nedwy his disciple and saide: 'Friend, whan knewistow me out of wit?' To this [6] the disciple: 'Whan knewistow me nat to ete hony?' The geldyng and other heryng this lawghed and demed ever either worthi his penaunce that he had taken. ”