money can do everything
there was once a prince as rich as cream, who took it into his head to put up a palace right across the street from the king's, but a palace far more splendid than the king's once it was finished, he put on its front in bold lettering: money can do everything
when the king came out and saw that, he sent immediately for the prince, who was new in town and hadn't yet visited the court
"congratulations," the king said "your palace is a true wonder my house looks like a hut compared with it congratulations! but was it your idea to put up the words: money can do everything?"
the prince realized that maybe he had gone too far
"yes it was," he answered, "but if your majesty doesn't like it, i can easily have the letters stripped off"
"oh, no, i wouldn't think of having you do that i merely wanted to hear from your own lips what you meant by such a statement for instance, do you think that, with your money, you could have me assassinated?"
