If it be proper to be frugal in the distribution of punishment, it is no less proper to be so in the distribution of reward.
Evil is inflicted in both cases.
The matter of reward, and the matter of punishment, spring from the same root. Rewards, consisting in honour, it is commonly said, cost nothing. This is, however, a mistake. The case is similar with reward to power . Exemptions given in the way of reward may appear at first sight but little expensive.