Dress Does not Make a Man Great

All of you have heard the name of Sheikh Saadi. He was a great poet. Once he was invited to the court of the Sultan. He started for the court. On the way it became dark and he took shelter in a rich man's house. As he was in simple dress, the rich man could not recognize him and the people in the house showed disrespect and dishonour to him. The poet left the rich man's house in utter dismay/deeply disheartened. A few days later he went there putting on a gorgeous dress. This time, he was respected and honoured by the people of the rich man's house. They gave him rich dishes to eat. The poet did not eat the food but he began to put the food in his pocket. Being surprised, the rich man asked the poet about his mysterious behaviour. The poet replied that the food was for his dress, not for him. He reminded them that only a few days ago, he had been badly mistreated because he was dressed poorly. The rich man understood the matter and really sad for this. He begged forgiveness of the poet.