1. People in prosperous times are like a tree
With people around it as long as it bears fruit

2. But when it becomes barren, they turn away
Ungratefully, though once they sheltered under it

3. And later tried to fell it, though long ago
They pitied it, buffeted by winds and dust

4. I said: The chivalry of all men on earth
Is rare; not one in ten deserves the name

5. So never praise a man till you have tested him
For often reputation belies character