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

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

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.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.