திருக்குறள்
நல்லாறு எனினும் கொளல்தீது மேலுலகம் இல்லெனினும் ஈதலே நன்று. Nallaaru Eninum Kolaldheedhu Melulakam Illeninum Eedhale Nandru
“To beg is bad e'en from the good To give is good, were heaven forbid”
Though men declare it heavenward path, yet to receive is ill;Though upper heaven were not, to give is virtue still