“The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly.”

“Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.”

Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) American politician, 29th president of the United States (in office from 1921 to 1923)

“She had not made a decision to give up sex, only the clamor of romance, because it was exhausting her, doing her no good and too much harm…”

Michelle Herman (1955) American writer

“Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you have too much power - therefore you have too much responsibility - and you're a kind of dictator.”

Will Self (1961) English writer and journalist

“He who talks too much says "Good morning" to horses!”

Luiz Carlos Alborghetti (1945–2009) Italian-Brazilian radio commenter, showman and political figure

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“You've got to have as many good times as bad, or it all becomes too painful and too much work.”

Sylvia Day book Bared to You

“[W]e are none of us very good at silence. It says too much.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

“He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time.”

John Steinbeck book The Grapes of Wrath

“If thou canst not hold the golden mean, say and do too little rather than too much.”

John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop