The Great Affair, We Always Find, Is

The Uniform, Constant, And Uninterrupted Effort Of Every Man To Better His Condition . . . Is Frequently Powerful Enough To Maintain The Natural Progress Of Things Toward Improvement, In Spite Of The Extravagance Of Government, And Of The Greatest Errors Of Administration.

No Society Can Surely Be Flourishing And Happy, Of Which The Far Greater Part Of The Members Are Poor And Miserable.

Every Man Is Rich Or Poor According To The Degree In Which He Can Afford To Enjoy The Necessaries, Conveniences, And Amusements Of Human Life.

This Is One Of Those Cases In Which The Imagination Is Baffled By The Facts.

Wherever There Is Great Property, There Is Great Inequality.