If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of read more

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.
[Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus
Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as read more

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service read more

Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: read more

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]