| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Gratitude |
| | | A tree that affords thee shade, do not order it to be cut down. Arabian. | 1 |
| Excessive gratitude for a favor is too often used as a handle to a begging box for a second. Punch. | 2 |
| Gratefulness is the poor man’s payment. | 3 |
| Gratitude is a keen sense of favors to come. Talleyrand. | 4 |
| Gratitude is expense. Gibbon. | 5 |
| Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Hosea Ballou. | 6 |
| Gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude the worst of vices. | 7 |
| Men are grateful in the same degree they are resentful. Pope. | 8 |
| There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. Addison. | 9 |
| To the grateful man give more than he asks. Spanish. | 10 |
| You may believe anything that is good of a grateful man. | 11 | | |
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