Fool, the jester

Fool: Mark it, Nuncle:
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thow trowest,
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door, And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score. I iv L116-126

I agree with this utterance by the Fool that we should not give away every thing we have. We have to think for the sake of our future, save some for our rainy days. This utterance is towards Lear. The Fool teaches him to save some for himself. It is because of his foolish act to be fully trusted in her two daughters, Goneril and Regan he gives everything to them without thinking that one day they might go against him. He hopes that his two daughters will take care of him as he grows older. But thing turns out not as he wanted. His two daughters allow him to stay with them with condition. This incident is not only happening in Elizabethan era. It is happening now in our society. For example, a person that I knew of sold her properties for her only son to study medicine in UK. But when the son became a successful doctor and he bought a house, he sent the mother to old folk home because he did not want to stay with her. The mother had nothing left. Therefore going to old folk home is an obligation. This situation is same as Lear that his two daughters do not want him and he has to go into storm and stays in the heath. There are many examples of this incident. We should learn that do not give every thing away even it is your beloved or someone that you trusted the most. Save some for the future use because thing is unpredictable.