All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent read more

All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent down, and the Saviour
In silence wrote on in the sand.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to read more

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is
good and acceptable before God.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

What we frankly give, forever is our own.

What we frankly give, forever is our own.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply read more

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply Reality seen with the eyes of love.

Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."

Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."

Charity and treating begin at home.

Charity and treating begin at home.