With empty hand men may none haukes lure.
Modern English:
No empty handed man can lure a bird.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. Just as a hawk can be lured back to one’s hand with some food, the Wife of Bath tells the other pilgrims how she can be attracted by money and material things. The husband lures her with his money, and she uses her the power of her body and sexuality to lure him. A mutually beneficial transaction!