“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”

“Be careful of rich and powerful men for they will do nothing for your sake.”

“[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.”

“This power of attention is that which perhaps more than any thing else distinguishes those who do great things from those who can do nothing well.”

“I’m sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to.”

“There, there is nothing else but grace and measure,
Richness, quietness, and pleasure.”

“The principle is simple and powerful enough to be Marvin's Fourth Great Secret: If what they've been doing hasn't solved the problem, tell them to do something else.”

“Nothing is more dangerous to good government than great power in improper hands.”

“There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”

“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”