456
Every gift, though small, is in reality great, if it be given with affection.*
Philemon.
Notes
* See also 80.
457
Good words, good deeds, and beautiful expressions
A wise man ever culls from every quarter,
E’en as a gleaner gathers ears of corn.
Mahābhārata.
458
In poverty and other misfortunes of life men think friends to be their only refuge. The young they keep out of mischief, to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle.