“The less you take from the land, the less you owe in return.”
“Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.”
“No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe you. I don't like to owe anybody anything, so I keep to myself as much on the lending side as I can.”
“People are less quick to applaud you as you grow older. Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there.”
“You mean you ca’n’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”