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

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

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

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.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who read more

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage
their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.