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1 " The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations "
― Adam Smith , An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
2 " Memories which someday will become all beautiful when the last annoyance that encumbers them shall have faded out of our minds. "
― Mark Twain , The Innocents Abroad
3 " Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? "
