Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

Charity well directed should begin at home.
[Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.]

Charity well directed should begin at home.
[Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.]

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

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

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.