"Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude." - Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." - Cicero

"The gratitude of most men is nothing but a secret desire to receive greater benefits." - LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." - JEAN BAPTISTE MASSIEU, Letter to Abb Sicard

"A grateful mind
By owing owes not,but still pays, at once
Indebted and discharg'd."
- JOHN MILTON, Paradise Lost

"Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number." - Unknown 15-Year Old