Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, and be talked on.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Ecclesiasticus18:33.

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afaroff, and Lazarus in his bosom.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke16:22^3.

Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.

-Hesiod   c.8c
Of a quarrel within a village. Opera et dies, 25 (translated by M L West,1988).

So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man; An''ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your 'ayrick 'ead of 'airö You big black boundin' beggaröfor you broke a British square!

-Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard
  'Fuzzy- Wuzzy'.

When you see how in this happy country the lowest and poorest member of society takes an interest in all public affairs; when you see how high and low, rich and poor, are all willing to declare their feelings and convictions; when you see howa carter, a common sailor, a beggar is still a man, nay, even more, an Englishmanöthen, believe me, you find yourself very differently affected fromtheexperienceyoufeelwhenstaring atoursoldiers drilling in Berlin.

-Moritz, Karl Philipp
  Letter to a friend after observing a London by-election.

That my old bitter heart was pierced in this black doom, That foreign devils have made our land a tomb, That the sun that was Munster's glory has gone down Has made me a beggar before you,Valentine Brown.

-O'Rahilly, Egan Gaelic name  Aodhaga¤  n OŁ   Rathaille
'Valentine Brown', translated from the Irish by Michael O'Donovan (pseudonym Frank O'Connor).

In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.

-Smith, Adam
  TheTheory of Moral Sentiments.