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

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

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 gratitude is greater than the gift.