On Benefits

Of Benefits in General

Several Sorts of Benefits

A Son May Oblige His Father, and a Servant His Master

It Is the Intention, not the Matter, That Makes the Benefit

There Must Be Judgment in a Benefit, as Well as Matter and Intention; and Especially in the Choice of the Person

The Matter of Obligations, with Its Circumstances

The Manner of Obliging

The Difference and Value of Benefits

An Honest Man Cannot Be Outdone in Courtesy

The Question Discussed, Whether or not a Man May Give or Return a Benefit to Himself?

How Far One Man May Be Obliged for a Benefit Done to Another

The Benefactor Must Have No By-ends

There Are Many Cases Wherein a Man May Be Minded of a Benefit, but it Is Very Rarely to Be Challenged, and Never to Be Upbraided

How Far to Oblige or Requite a Wicked Man

A General View of the Parts and Duties of the Benefactor

How the Receiver Ought to Behave Himself

Of Gratitude

Gratitude Mistaken

Of Ingratitude

There Can Be No Law Against Ingratitude