How to Give Quotes

“the quality of the person to whom we give must be examined. Some gifts are smaller than ought to issue from great people, while others are too large for the receiver. Compare the nature of both giver and receiver, and assess too the gift you will give, asking whether it’s too large or too small for the giver, and also whether the one on the receiving end will either disdain it or refuse to accept it. Alexander the Great—a madman, whose mind conceived only on an enormous scale—was”
― Seneca, How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving

“Here’s the mark of great and good hearts: To seek good deeds for their own sake, not for the profits that flow from them, and to look for good people even after meeting bad ones. What magnificence would there be in doing good for many, if none of them ever took advantage?”
― Seneca, How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving