345.
Time, which gnaws and diminishes all things else, augments and increases benefits, because a noble action of liberality done to a man of reason doth grow continually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.
Rabelais.
346.
Were all thy fond endeavours vain
To chase away the sufferer’s smart,
Still hover near, lest absence pain
His lonely heart.
For friendship’s tones have kindlier power
Than odorous fruit, or nectared bowl,
To soothe, in sorrow’s languid hour,
The sinking soul.
Sa’dī.