If thou intendest to do a good act, do it quickly, and then thou wilt excite gratitude; a favour if it be slow in being conferred causes ingratitude.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

If thou intendest to do a good act, do it quickly, and then thou wilt excite gratitude; a favour if it be slow in being conferred causes ingratitude.

Ausonio · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 483

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Set about whatever you intend to do; the beginning is half the battle.

Ausonio · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 383