If an historian had written in the last century, he would have recorded but two places of worship; I am now recording the fourteenth: but my successor, if not prevented by our own imprudence, in driving away the spirit of commerce, may record the four-and-twentieth.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
Thus, from imprudence, folly, and vice, is produced poverty;-poverty produces labour; from labour, arise the manufactures; and from these, the riches of a country, with all their train of benefits.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
"In addition to the thought of possible sufferings, that of grief for those whom we love, joined to the apprehension of a cessation of social functions, on whose achievement depends our fortune, would suffice to eliminate all idea of imprudence, if we had the habit of allowing common sense to participate in all our actions of daily life.
"Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It"
Yoritomo-Tashi