Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them.

Objects of charity are not guests.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?