Tis as necessary to him as gold weights are to a beggar.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.Dutch
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Dutch
When every one sees that you are a pig, why don't you go into the sty?
Dutch
He who is surety for another, pays for him.
Dutch
Beggars breed and rich men feed.
Dutch
Ill begun, ill done.
Dutch