Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

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.

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

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

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

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

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

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

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

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

Charity is murder and you know it.