Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

In silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
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In silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
By time and place,
Till not a woe the bleak world see,
But finds her grace.

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his read more

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? read more

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.