The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

【释义】富贵不能使我骄奢淫逸，贫贱不能使我改移节操，威武不能使我屈服意志。

唱歌是我表达情感的方式，我希望听众能感受到我的真诚。