A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.

To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.

The sun shines even on the wicked.