He who says, what is mine is yours and what is yours is yours, is a saint. He who says, what is yours is mine and what is mine is mine, is a wicked man.
Babylonian Talmud, Aboth, V.
Generosity marks the righteous; grasping at what belongs to others marks the wicked.
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