There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
– Jane Austen
Emma, Chapter 11. Emma is thinking about the young clergyman Mr. Elton and her friend Harriet Smith, the pair she is trying to match them up. While her observation is to do with matchmaking, it offers a sharp insight generally into human behavior, one as relevant today as it was in Austen’s time.