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.
In investing, you get what you don’t pay for.
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.