The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

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

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

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

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.