The gratitude is greater than the gift.

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

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

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

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.