SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

In Timon of Athens (Act V, scene I) a Painter and a Poet come to Timon’s cave to try and weasel him out of some of the gold it is rumored he has. Unfortunately for them, Timon is on to them and knows them for the using knaves they are, after saying, aside to the audience “Excellent workman! thou canst not paint a man so bad as is thyself.” he flings some gold at the Painter saying “You have work'd for me; there's payment for you: hence!” but to the Poet he says, “You are an alchemist; make gold of that.”

Ah! Indeed, said
COSTELLO