In illustration of this line, Venturi quotes the following epigram:⁠—

“This hospital a pious person built,

But first he made the poor wherewith to fill’t.”

“This hospital a pious person built, But first he made the poor wherewith to fill’t.”

And Biagioli this:⁠—

“C’est un homme d’honneur, de piété profonde,

Et qui veut rendre à Dieu ce qu’il a pris au monde.”