"What would you say of the man who, though poor, does not flatter; of the man who, though rich, is not proud? They are right enough, but they are not to be compared with the one who, though poor, is happy, and the one who, though rich, is fond of the rites. Is this what is meant when it says in The Poems, ""He looks like something cut out, then filed; like something carved, then polished""? With you I can at last discuss The Poems. When I have told you what precedes, you know what follows."