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

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

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

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

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

I love everyone now that I have gray hair.

Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.

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

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

The deed is everything, the glory naught.

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.