I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.
The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.