Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

So long as fortune is favouring you, your defects will remain covered.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.