A beggar woman who stands soliciting in front of Palazzo Strozzi, when offered alms a second time in the same day, absently, by another Florentine, refuses: "No. You gave me before."

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

Beggars should be abolished entirely! Verily, it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them.