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

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 deed is everything, the glory naught.

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

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

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

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

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

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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