Give when you can, but think of God, only of God, when you cannot give.
Take heart, and let hope raise in you a noble spirit.
There can be no wickedness where sweet music is appreciated.
He who in good faith makes public a kindness received, shows his inclination to repay it at the first opportunity.
When one gives to make happy, and the other receives in the same spirit, both are equally kind and generous. But when the gift is made, as is too often the case, from a bad motive, and when the recipient knows or suspects it, it would be difficult to say which of the two is the inferior.
Give always the preference to those conversations and pastimes, which, while deverting you, will not offend others.