1. People wear no garment new,
nor don apparel, tried and true,

2. like virtuous men whose hearts are kind
so cease my friend to change your mind.

3. A noble man cannot disguise
his inner nature though he tries.

4. Fine clothes and jewels have no sway
o’er baseness though he garbs in grey.

5. The noble heart shows charity
in times of joy and misery,