The Manner Of Giving Shows The Character

What Do I Owe To My Times, To My Country, To My Neighbors, To My Friends? Such Are The Questions Which A Virtuous Man Ought Often To Ask Himself.

Have I Done Aught Of Value To My Fellow-men? Then Have I Done Much For Myself.

He Who Always Prefaces His Tale With Laughter, Is Poised Between Impertinence And Folly.

A Single Spark Of Occasion Discharges The Child Of Passions Into A Thousand Crackers Of Desire.

The Manner Of Giving Shows The Character Of The Giver, More Than The Gift Itself.