Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913], at sacred-texts.com

Generosity

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

p. 24

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.