How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The Watch were always careful not to intervene too soon in any brawl where the odds were not heavily stacked in their favor. The job carried a pension, and attracted a cautious, thoughtful kind of man. (1.8.38)
In a fit of awesome comedy—awesomedy?—Pratchett brings in aspects of our own society and slaps them in a place they don't belong. Members of the Ankh-Morpork Watch are a little more cautious than their counterparts in other fantasy societies thanks to that pension waiting for them. To die before receiving that pension would just be leaving money on the table.
Quote #5
At the Temple of the Seven-Handed Sek a hasty convocation of priests and ritual heart-transplant artisans agreed that the hundred-span high statue of Sek was altogether too holy to be made into a magic picture, but a payment of two rhinu left them astoundingly agreeing that perhaps He wasn't as holy as all that. (1.12.3)
Satire returns to us. This time, the novel plays on the values of organized religion in our modern society. You can agree or disagree, but the satire is there.
Quote #6
The Patrician nodded. It was all rather a relief. He agreed with Nine Turning Mirrors—life was difficult enough. People ought to stay where they were put. (1.15.19)
The Patrician is a combination of various societal leaders throughout history. Machiavelli's The Prince, anyone? Of course, it's easy to enjoy people staying where they are put when you're the one standing on the tippy-top of the pyramid.