- It is well to givewhen asked, but it is better to give unasked.
- And is there anything you would withold? Some day, all that you have shall be given. The trees give that they may live, for to withold is to perish.
- And what greater merit shall there be than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the cherity, of receiving? You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.