The deed is everything, the glory naught.

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

Charity is murder and you know it.

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

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.