Those who disdain the poor and lowly will with certainty flatter the rich and high.
The Third Year of Ansei, The Tenth of August. “Minutes of the Lecturer.”

18日軽蔑する者は
貧賤を以て是れを軽蔑する者は、必ず富貴を以て是れに諂屈す。
安政三年六月十日「講孟劄記」