“Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.”

“Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.”

“Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but success transmutes them into virtues.”

“I had three manners of understanding of this light, Charity. The first is Charity unmade; the second is Charity made; the third is Charity given. Charity unmade is God; Charity made is our soul in God; Charity given is virtue. And that is a precious gift of working in which we love God, for Himself; and ourselves, in God; and that which God loveth, for God.”

“Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!”

“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.”

“Love is the virtue of the Heart,
Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind,
Decision is the virtue of the Will,
Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.”

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”

“There is no access to the Heart without the virtues.”

“If one of you gives (charity) with his right hand, let him conceal that from his left hand, and if he prays, let him conceal that.”