Gifts are according to the giver, [140]

Gifts are often losses, [127]

Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks, [210], [273]

Gifts make friendship lasting, [390]

Give a clown your finger, and he’ll grasp your fist, [70], [299]

Give a clown your foot, and he’ll take your hand, [198]

Give a grateful man more than he asks, [266]

Give a hint to the man of sense, and consider the thing done (A word to the wise is enough), [264]

Give a rogue an inch, and he will take an ell, [371]

Give a traitor good words and you make him loyal, [213]