The First Business Of Philosophy Is To

Hard As It May Appear In Individual Instances , Dependent Poverty Ought To Be Held Disgraceful.

To Prevent The Recurrence Of Misery Is, Alas! Beyond The Power Of Man.

Whether The Law Of Marriage Be Instituted Or Not, The Dictate Of Nature And Virtue Seems To Be An Early Attachment To One Woman.

Population, When Unchecked, Goes On Doubling Itself Every 25 Years Or Increases In A Geometrical Ratio.

If One Fourth Of The Capital Of A Country Were Suddenly Destroyed, Or Entirely Transferred To A Different Part Of The World, Without Any Other Cause Occurring Of A Diminished Demand For Commodities, This Scantiness Of Capital Would Certainly Occasion Great Inconvenience To Consumers, And Great Distress Among The Working Classes; But It Would Be Attended With Great Advantages To The Remaining Capitalists.