The deed is everything, the glory naught.

Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.