Respect us human, and relieve us poor. [ Pope ]

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night,
Brother to Death, in silent darkness born;
Relieve my languish, and restore the light. [ Samuel Daniel ]

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppressed.
In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd. [ Homer ]

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! [ Burns ]

To pity distress is but humnn; to relieve it is Godlike. [ Horace Mann ]

You make a great purchase, when you relieve the necessitous. [ Proverb ]

He that gives to be seen would never relieve a man in the dark. [ Proverb ]

Belief and love, - a believing love, will relieve us of a vast load of care. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument. [ South ]

Being myself no stranger to suffering, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others. [ Virgil ]

Pity, though it may often relieve, is but, at best, a short-lived passion, and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance; with some it scarce lasts from the first impulse till the hand can be put into the pocket. [ Goldsmith ]

Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquillity and peace. [ Cicero ]

If thy mother be a widow, give her double honor, who now acts the part of a double parent; remember her nine month's burden, and her tenth month's travel; forget not her indulgence, when thou didst hang upon her tender breast; call to mind her prayers for thee before thou earnest into the world; and her cares for thee when thou wert come into the world; remember her secret groans, her affectionate tears, her broken slumbers, her daily fears, her nightly frights; relieve her wants, cover her imperfections, comfort her age, and the widow's husband will be the orphan's father. [ F. Quarles ]