Remember that, even financially speaking, it is better to earn one hundred louis in an honest trade in timber, where you are your own master, than to receive four thousand francs from a Government, were it that of King Solomon himself.'
Rappelle-toi que, même financièrement parlant, il vaut mieux gagner cent louis dans un bon commerce de bois, dont on est le maître, que de recevoir quatre mille francs d’un gouvernement, fût-il celui du roi Salomon.