The influence of good deeds usually extends far beyond the limits we can
see or trace; but as well not have the power to do them as not use it.
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do;
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not.
_William Shakespeare._