It'll kick you around, neglect you and abuse you; but when she Rewards you, she does so lavishly.
"For Every Man A Reason"
Patrick Wilkins
It was rare indeed to find one who, with the highest order of abilities, was satisfied to follow a profession whose best Rewards were denied him.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
When he first came to Davy's Bend, he believed that the Rewards of life were so unsatisfactory that all within his reach that he desired was his own company; but an experience of a month had satisfied him that solitude would not do, and he confessed that he did not know what he wanted.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe