"An old Italian proverb was to this effect: Monaco io sono un scoglio. Del mio non ho quello d'altrui non taglio pur viver voglio. That may be rendered, "I am Monaco, a mere rock; I have naught of my own, I take no goods of others; yet I must live." This proverb is now as inappropriate as the legend on the coins; for Monaco lives and thrives on the plunder of those who go there to empty their money on the tables."