The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." He planned his routine around waking up at 5 a.m. and asking himself "What good shall I do this day?

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.