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

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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

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.