I love everyone now that I have gray hair.

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.

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

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

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

It is more blessed to give than to receive.