Be this day frugal, and not spare his friend
Some gift, to show his love finds not an end
With the deceased year.
Joshua Poole.
Who gives, constrained, but his own fear reviles;
Not thanked, but scorned; nor are they gifts, but spoils.
Denham.
Cheap gifts best fit poor givers. We are told
Of the lone mite, and cup of water cold,
That, in their way, approved the offerer’s zeal.