Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Domestic Virtue (இல்லறவியல்) — Gratitude (செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்)

Kural 101:
செய்யாமல் செய்த உதவிக்கு வையகமும்
வானகமும் ஆற்றல் அரிது.
seiyaamal seydha udhavikku vaiyagamum
vaanakamum aatral aridhu
English couplet:
Assistance given by those who ne'er received our aid,
Is debt by gift of heaven and earth but poorly paid
Explanation: (The gift of) heaven and earth is not an equivalent for a benefit which is conferred where none had been received

Kural 102:
காலத்தி னாற்செய்த நன்றி சிறிதெனினும்
ஞாலத்தின் மாணப் பெரிது.
kaalaththi naaRseydha nanRi siRidheninum
Gnaalaththin maaNap peridhu
English couplet:
A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,
The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth
Explanation: A favour conferred in the time of need, though it be small (in itself), is (in value) much larger than the world

Kural 103:
பயன்தூக்கார் செய்த உதவி நயன்தூக்கின்
நன்மை கடலின் பெரிது.
payan-thookkaar seydha udhavi nayan-thookkin
nanmai kadalin peridhu
English couplet:
Kindness shown by those who weigh not what the return may be:
When you ponder right its merit, 'Tis vaster than the sea
Explanation: If we weigh the excellence of a benefit which is conferred without weighing the return, it is larger than the sea

Kural 104:
தினைத்துணை நன்றி செயினும் பனைத்துணையாக்
கொள்வர் பயன்தெரி வார்.
thinaiththuNai nandri seyinum panaiththuNaiyaak
koLvar Payan-theri vaar
English couplet:
Each benefit to those of actions' fruit who rightly deem,
Though small as millet-seed, as palm-tree vast will seem
Explanation: Though the benefit conferred be as small as a millet seed, those who know its advantage will consider it as large as a palmyra fruit

Kural 105:
உதவி வரைத்தன்று உதவி உதவி
செயப்பட்டார் சால்பின் வரைத்து.
udhavi varaiththandru udhavi udhavi
seyappattaar saalpin varaiththu
English couplet:
The kindly aid's extent is of its worth no measure true;
Its worth is as the worth of him to whom the act you do
Explanation: The benefit itself is not the measure of the benefit; the worth of those who have received it is its measure

Kural 106:
மறவற்க மாசற்றார் கேண்மை துறவற்க
துன்பத்துள் துப்பாயார் நட்பு.
maRavaRka maasatraar kaeNmai thuRavaRka
thunpaththuL thuppaayaar natpu
English couplet:
Kindness of men of stainless soul remember evermore
Forsake thou never friends who were thy stay in sorrow sore
Explanation: Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity Forget not be benevolence of the blameless

Kural 107:
எழுமை எழுபிறப்பும் உள்ளுவர் தங்கண்
விழுமந் துடைத்தவர் நட்பு.
ezhumai ezhupiRappum uLLuvar thangaN
vizhumanh thutaiththavar natpu
English couplet:
Through all seven worlds, in seven-fold birth, Remains in mem'ry of the wise
Friendship of those who wiped on earth, The tears of sorrow from their eyes
Explanation: (The wise) will remember throughout their seven-fold births the love of those who have wiped away their affliction

Kural 108:
நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று நன்றல்லது
அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று.
nandri maRappadhu nandrandru nandralladhu
andrae maRappadhu nandru
English couplet:
'Tis never good to let the thought of good things done thee pass away;
Of things not good, 'tis good to rid thy memory that very day
Explanation: It is not good to forget a benefit; it is good to forget an injury even in the very moment (in which it is inflicted)

Kural 109:
கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த
ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.
kondranna innaa seyinum avarseydha
ondru-nandru uLLak kedum
English couplet:
Effaced straightway is deadliest injury,
By thought of one kind act in days gone by
Explanation: Though one inflict an injury great as murder, it will perish before the thought of one benefit (formerly) conferred

Kural 110:
எந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்வில்லை
செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு.
enhnhandri kondraarkkum uyvuNdaam uyvillai
seynhnhandri kondra makaRku
English couplet:
Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee;
Who 'benefit' has killed, that man shall ne'er 'scape free
Explanation: He who has killed every virtue may yet escape; there is no escape for him who has killed a benefit