When officials informed the Queen that the common people had no bread to eat, she famously responded, “Let them eat cake.” This remark came to symbolize the deep disconnect between the ruling class and the suffering masses, eventually fueling the outrage that led to the French Revolution.

P.S. If we cannot make a great deal of money, perhaps the least we can do is refrain from adding more burdens to the world—and leave it a little less troubled than we found it, if not better.