Vidyasagar was a very generous and charitable man. From his earliest years, he helped the poor and the needy to the utmost of his power. As a boy at school, he often gave some of the little food he had to another boy who had none. If one of his school-fellows fell ill, hundreds of poof widows and orphans were supported by him. He would never have an attendant at his gate lest some poor man who wished to see him should be turned away. Rich or poor, high or low, all loved him alike.