குறள் 997

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Atraarkkondru Aatraadhaan Selvam MikanalamPetraal Thamiyalmooth Thatru

Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows,Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows

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The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband