Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

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.

No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they read more

No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they alike in trembling hope repose),
The bosom of his Father and his God.

When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.

When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.

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

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

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

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.

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

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

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.