| When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. |
| Venial sins were to be cleansed by daily use of the Lord's Prayer and by almsgiving. |
| If the heart is not inspired by sincerity in bestowing alms then almsgiving becomes mere display. |
| Compassion is at least as key in education as in almsgiving. |
| In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle. |
| After Richard's death in 1199, Berengaria lived on her dower lands at Le Mans, France, where she was famed for her almsgiving. |
