Enchiridion · §11

μηδέποτε ἐπί τινος εἴπῃς ὅτι "ἀπώλεσα αὐτό", ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι "ἀπέδωκα". τὸ παιδίον ἀπέθανεν; ἀπεδόθη. ἡ γυνὴ ἀπέθανεν; ἀπεδόθη. "τὸ χωρίον ἀφῃρέθην." καὶ τοῦτο ἀπεδόθη. "ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἀφελόμενος κακός." τί δέ σοι μέλει διὰ τίνος σε ὁ δοὺς ἀπῄτησεν; ὅσον δ᾽ ἂν διδῷ, ὡς ἀλλοτρίου αὐτοῦ ἐπιμελοῦ, ὡς τοῦ πανδοχείου οἱ παροδῖται.

mēdepote epi tinos eipēs hoti 'apōlesa auto', all' hoti 'apedōka'. to paidion apethanen; apedothē. hē gunē apethanen; apedothē. 'to chōrion aphērethēn.' kai touto apedothē. 'all' ho aphelomenos kakos.' ti de soi melei dia tinos se ho dous apētēsen?

Never say of anything that you have lost it; say only that you have returned it. Has your child died? The child has been returned. Has your wife died? She has been returned. Has your land been taken from you? That too has been returned. 'But the one who took it was wicked.' What does it matter to you through whose hands the giver reclaimed it? For as long as anything is given to you, tend to it as a traveler tends to an inn — with care, but without clutching.

— Enchiridion 11

Source: Greek (Schenkl/Oldfather critical edition tradition) + Long 1877 English translation