The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Joy and grief decide character. What exalts prosperity? what imbitters grief? what leaves us indifferent? what interests us? As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

Defeat serves to enlighten us.

He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.