I Do Not Want To Be A Thief

Another time, when Francis was returning from Siena, he met a poor man and said to him companion: "Brother, we must return this mantle to that poor man to whom it belongs. We borrowed it from him until we should meet someone poorer than ourselves." His companion, thinking about his father's need, obstinately refused, lest Francis provide for another by neglecting himself. The saint said to him: "I do not want to be a thief; for it would be considered a theft in us if we did not give to someone who is in greater need than we."

Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
CHAPTER LIV