The benevolent expect no return for their dutiful giving. How can the world ever repay the rain cloud?§
It is to meet the needs of the deserving that the worthy work so hard to acquire wealth.§
Of all duties, none is better than benevolence, whether in this world or that of the Gods.§
He who understands the duty of giving truly lives. All others shall be counted among the dead.§
The wealth of a community-loving wise man may be likened to a well-filled village water tank.§
Riches retained by the big-hearted resemble fruits ripening on a tree in the heart of a village.§
In the hands of a generous man, wealth is like a medicinal tree whose healing gifts help all.§
Those who know duty deeply never neglect giving, even in their own unprosperous season.§
The benevolent man considers himself poor only when he is unable to render his accustomed duty to humanity.§
Were it said that loss of wealth is the price of generosity, such loss would be worth selling one’s self to acquire.§