Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

The idea that other perspectives exist may not be obvious to those who are in an emotional state of mind.

No-one will come in to rescue you. You just have to step out somehow, and make your dreams come true.

Love is not a landmine but a sinkhole.

Don't just sit there. Go do something and don't expect that it's going to be fun unless you make it fun. You have got to work on things. That is when you are happy.

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens.

I have no words,” he said hoarsely. “And I know exactly what you’re telling me.” Lover Unleashed

It is in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually.

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.

To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.