An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation is a sort of ingratitude.
—La Rochefoucauld.
1456
Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance, and the vain silent.
1457
To John I ow'd great obligation,
But John unhappily thought fit
To publish it to all the nation:
Sure John and I are more than quit.
—Prior.
1458
People newly emerged from obscurity, generally launch out into indiscriminate display.