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| A favor becomes doubly valuable when granted with courtesy. | 1 |
| A favor becomes old sooner than any other thing. Modern Greek. | 2 |
| A favor ill-placed is great waste. | 3 |
| A favor is half granted when gracefully refused. Publius Syrus. | 4 |
| A favor to come is better than a hundred received. Italian. | 5 |
| Everything goes by favor and cousinship. French. | 6 |
| Favors out of place I regard as positive injuries. Cicero. | 7 |
| From great folks great favors are to be expected. Don Quixote. | 8 |
| Go shake another oak; i.e., apply for favors to another person. | 9 |
| Grace will last, favor will blast. | 10 |
| He who asks fewest favors is the best received. Spanish. | 11 |
| Never ask a favor of a man until he has had his dinner. Punch. | 12 |
| One favor qualifies for another. | 13 |
| The favor of great men and the praise of the world are not much to be relied on. | 14 |
| The favor of the court is like fair weather in winter. | 15 |
| The favor (or grace) that we receive from the spirit of the ocean is as deep as the ocean itself. Chinese. | 16 |
| There is pleasure in meeting the eyes of one on whom you are going to confer a favor. La Bruyère. | 17 |
| We should never remember the benefits conferred nor forget the favors received. Chilo. | 18 |
| When we ask a favor we say, madam: when we obtain it, what we please. Spanish. | 19 |
| Who depends on princes’ favors swims with fins of lead. | 20 |
| Without favor, art is like a wind-mill without wind. Juvenal. | 21 |
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