A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes , Source: De Beneficiis (I, 6)

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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes , Source: De Beneficiis (II, 1)

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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret; qui accepit.]

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes , Source: De Beneficiis (II, 11)

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He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes , Source: Proverbs of Seneca

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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]

Tacitus (Caius Cornelius Tacitus) Quotes , Source: Annales (IV, 18)

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