he fear of God to restrain him from evil,
forbearance with wicked men, and a good nature towards all.

There are cases where not kindness but severity is necessary.

Kindness increases the love of friends, and diminishes the hatred of
enemies.

Be firm after you have been kind.

God loves the man who is tender-hearted.

An evil nature is a calamity from which there is no escape.

If you hear that a mountain has moved from its place believe it, but if
you hear that a man has changed his character do not believe it, for he
will act only according to his nature.

An inherited quality may be traced back to the seventh grandfather.

There are four points in a good character from which all other good
traits take their origin--prudence, courage, continence, and justice.

When a woman has had more than one husband in this life, she will, in
the future state, be free to be the wife of him whose character she
esteemed the most.

BENEVOLENCE

_Koran_. Do good unto others as God has done unto you.

Is the reward of kindness anything but kindness?

He who does a kindly act shall be recompensed tenfold.

Ye can never be righteous unless ye give away from that which ye love.

_Traditions_. The upper hand [which giveth] is better than the lower
hand [which taketh].

God's creatures are the objects of His care, and He loveth best that
man who is most helpful to them.

_Proverbs_. Do not be ashamed to give little, for it is less than
that, if you give nothing.

If you give, give freely, and if you strike, strike boldly.

He who soweth kindness shall reap thanks.

What a man does for God is never lost.

Be merciful to him who is beneath you, and you will have mercy from Him
who is above you.

The best kind of good is that which is done most speedily.

Inopportune kindness is injustice.

No true joy but in doing good and no true sorrow but in doing evil.

Cruelty to animals is forbidden by God.

A peacemaker gets two-thirds of the blows.

GENEROSITY

Generosity is to do a kindness before it is asked, and to pity and give
a man who asks.

A generous man is nigh unto God, nigh unto men, nigh unto paradise, far
from hell.

Overlook the faults of a generous man, for God helps him when he falls
and gives him when he is needy.

A man who doeth good does not fall, and if he fall he will find a
support.

Be not ashamed to give little--to refuse is less.

GRATITUDE

He is unthankful to God who