"Hey, what is this? Gold! Yellow, shining, precious gold! No, gods, I am not an idle believer; I only want you to give me some roots! This Just a little bit of it can turn black into white, ugly into beautiful, wrong into right, humble into noble, old into young, coward into brave."
From "Timon of Athens"
"Timon of Athens" is Shakespeare's last tragedy, written around 1607-1608. The plot tells the story of Timon, an Athenian nobleman. Because of his charity, many people took the opportunity to come and defraud him of money. Later, he went bankrupt and his friends turned away from him. Finally, he died alone in despair.