'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in
proportion to the worth of read more

In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in
proportion to the worth of the thing given.

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Love the giver more than the gift.

Love the giver more than the gift.

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.