Most people are as happy as they want to be.
Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.
you can't escape tomorrow's responsibilities by evading it today
Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect.
Killing the dog does not cure the bite.
You can't help the poor by being one of them.