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Defi. Benefits are those good turnes which are receiued, eyther by desert or without desert, tending to our happines of life, or amendment of manners.
IT is great commendation in the giuer, to bestow many benefits vppon him which deserueth well, and desireth nothing.
He that mindeth to giue, must not say, will you haue any thing.
If thou promise little and performe much, it vvill make thy benefits to bee the more thankfully receaued.
Hee that knoweth not how to vse a benefit, doth vniustly aske it.
He receaueth a benefit in the giuing therof, which bestowes his gift on a worthy man.
Hee that giueth often, teacheth to render somwhat againe at the last.
Hee bindeth all men by his benefits which bestoweth them vppon such as doe vvell de∣serue them.
The liberall man doth daily seeke out occa∣sion to put his vertue in practise.
The memory of a benefit doth soone va∣nish away, but the remembrance of an iniury sticketh fast in the hart.
He is a conquerer which bestoweth a good turne, and he vanquished which receiueth it.
As the Moone dooth shewe her light in the world, which she receiueth from the sunne, so we ought to bestow the benefits receiued of God, to the profit and commodity of our neighbour.
Though the gyuer make neuer so much hast, yet his benefits come too late, if they
haue once been asked for.
This is a lawe that should bee obserued be∣twixt the giuer & the receiuer, the one shold straight-way forget the benefit bestowed, & the other should alwayes haue it in remem∣brance.
It becommeth him to holde his peace that gyueth a revvarde, farre better then it be∣commeth him to bee silent that receaueth a benefit.
He that doth thankfully receaue a benefit, hath paid the first pention therof already.
He that thinks to be thankfull, doth strait∣way thinke vpon recompence.
That gift is twise double to be accepted of, which commeth from a free hand, and a libe∣rall hart.
As giuing and receiuing of benefits are con∣trarie one to another, so the one is much more often vsed then the other.
It behooueth a man in receiuing of benefits to be thankfull, though he want power to re∣quite them.
A vertuous hand is not bound to make the tongue a foole,
A benefit well giuen, recouereth many los∣ses.
The remembrance of a good turne ought
to make the receauer thankfull.
Nor gold, nor siluer, nor ought we receaue, is to be accounted a benefit, but the minde of him which giueth. Plautus.
He giueth too late, who giueth when he is asked. Plautus.
Ita sunt omnes nostri circes.
Si quid benefacias, leuior pluma gratia est
Si quid peccatum est, phibeas iras gerunt.
Beneficiam nec in puerum, nec in senem, confe∣rendum est: in hunc quia perit antequam gratiae referendae detur opportunitas, in illum quia non meminit.