It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

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

I was young; I was newly married. My Cambridge degree was still warm in my pocket - a roll of parchment guaranteeing me, I thought, a sort of free ambassadorial passage to any campus of my choosing, and I had chosen Sydney - the world was all before me.