C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Thankfulness
Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.
Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks.
I am glad that he thanks God for anything.
The poorest service is repaid with thanks.
Our whole life should speak forth our thankfulness; every condition and place we are in should be a witness of our thankfulness. This will make the times and places we live in better for us. When we ourselves are monuments of God’s mercy, it is fit we should be patterns of His praises, and leave monuments to others. We should think it given to us to do something better than to live in. We live not to live: our life is not the end of itself, but the praise of the giver.
To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.