He that doth the ravens feed, yea, providently caters for the sparrow, be comfort to my age.
Gratitude is indeed a duty which we are bound to pay, but which benefactors cannot exact.[La reconnoissance est bien un devoir qu’il faut rendre, mais-non pas un droit qu’on puisse exiger.]
Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.
God is not so wary as we, else he would give us no friends, lest we forget him! The Charms of the Heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the Heaven in the hand, occasionally.
Don’t overload Gratitude; if you do, she’ll kick.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
