Charity is murder and you know it.

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

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.

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

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

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

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

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

The deed is everything, the glory naught.

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

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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