True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you read more

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

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.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was read more

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a read more

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man read more

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity
there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by
it.

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the read more

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.