As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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

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

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.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

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.

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.

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.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.