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

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

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

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

Charity is murder and you know it.

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.