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.
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
良好的教养在于隐藏我们对自己较佳的评价,以及隐藏我们对他人较差的评价。