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.

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

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

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

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The gratitude is greater than the gift.