To grant favors, means a loss. [2]
2. Gains, if asking for favors.
3. Loss of friends, if doing a favor.
4. Loss of money, if receiving a favor. [3]
asking for a: loss of social stature and trust, which you sorely need to push on.
for others, doing a: a loss of friendship, if you expect to be paid in return.
friend, from a: have straightforward, thinking friends who do what has to be done.
mate: an enemy’s influence on your domestic bliss proves self-servingly insidious.
relatives: warning of arguments, which wil taint future cooperation.
others doing you a: wil receive a compliment from someone you respect. [6]