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| A charitable man is the true lover of God. | 1 |
| Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. Bible. | 2 |
| Catholic charity makes us members of the Catholic church. | 3 |
| Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor. | 4 |
| Charity begins at home yet should not end there. (When your own courtyard thirsts do not pour the water abroad.) Modern Greek. | 5 |
| Charity covereth a multitude of sins. | 6 |
| Charity doth not adopt the vice of its object. Fielding. | 7 |
| Charity excuseth not cheating. | 8 |
| Charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor. German. | 9 |
| Charity is the scope of all God’s commands. | 10 |
| Charity seldom goes out of her own house and ill-nature is always rambling abroad. Fielding. | 11 |
| Charity shall cover the multitude of sins. New Testament. | 12 |
Charity should visit
Where hopeless anguish pours her moan and lonely want retires to die. | 13 |
| Charity will rather wipe out the score than inflame the reckoning. | 14 |
| First relieve the needy, then if need be question them. Rule of the Benedictines. | 15 |
| He hangs a lantern on a pole, which is seen from afar but gives no light below. (Applied to those who spend their charity on remote objects and neglect their families.) Chinese. | 16 |
| He that feeds upon charity, has a cold dinner and no supper. | 17 |
| He that has no charity deserves no mercy. | 18 |
| He who defers his charities till his death is rather liberal of another man’s than of his own. | 19 |
In faith and hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind’s concern is charity. Pope. | 20 |
| It is better to misplace our charity on nine unworthy persons than to deny alms to one that is really in need. Turkish Spy. | 21 |
| The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window. | 22 |
| Well regulated charity begins at home (or with one’s self). French. | 23 |
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