There is in charity a proper time and a proper mode.—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Better would it be to swallow a red-hot iron ball than that a bad, unrestrained fellow should live on the charity of the land.—Dhammapada.
Our duty to do something, not only for our own benefit, but for the good of those who shall come after us.—Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
Have respect for the aged as though they were thy father and mother; love the young as thy children or younger brethren.—Jitsu-go-kiyo.
All the people were bound close in family love and friendship.—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Happy ... is the man that honors his father: he also that honors his mother is happy.—Udanavarga.
How should I be capable of leaving thee in thy calamity?... Whatever fate may be thine I am pleased with it.—Jatakamala.
He is my husband. I love and revere him with all my heart, and therefore am determined to share his fate. Kill me first, ... and afterwards do to him as you list.—Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
A heart bound by affection does not mind imminent peril. Worse than death to such a one is the sorrow which the distress of a friend inflicts.—Jatakamala.
This good man, moved by pity, gives up his life for another, as though it were but a straw.—Nagananda.