giving

Pity costs nothin' and ain't worth nothin'.

If I've learned anything in my seventy years it's that nothing's as good or as bad as it appears.

My only policy is to profess evil and do good.

We are all here on earth to help others what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

Unto whomsoever much is given of him shall much be required.

Good things are not done in a hurry.

Wise men appreciate all men for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.

The age of strong belief is over the good is no longer always very good.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creatures let him begin the long solitary task of perfecting himself.

Behold! I do not give lectures on a little charity. When I give I give myself.

Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the public?