Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.

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.

dragon took what it wanted. Took and kept.

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

If the British had fought half as well as this one kissed, she thought, the Americas would still be a colony.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

I always thought I was really thick.

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.