Chapter 2

before our friends ask--Many benefits are spoiled by the manner of the giver--Marius Nepos and Tiberius--Some benefits should be given secretly--We must not give what would harm the receiver--Alexander's gift of a city--Interchange of benefits like a game of ball--From whom ought one to receive a benefit?--Examples--How to receive a benefit--Ingratitude caused by self-love, by greed, or by jealousy--Gratitude and repayment not the same thing--Phidias and the statue.