Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

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.

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

I love everyone now that I have gray hair.

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

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

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

Charity is murder and you know it.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.