Generosity is to do a kindness before it is asked, and to pity and give
a man who asks.
A generous man is nigh unto God, nigh unto men, nigh unto paradise, far
from hell.
Overlook the faults of a generous man, for God helps him when he falls
and gives him when he is needy.
A man who doeth good does not fall, and if he fall he will find a
support.
Be not ashamed to give little--to refuse is less.