How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! King Lear
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the gift is acknowledged; it is the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that is weighed. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Remember this— that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. Book IV
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. Which Was the Dream
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