The Propensity To Truck, Barter And Exchange

When The Profits Of Trade Happen To Be Greater Than Ordinary, Over-trading Becomes A General Error Both Among Great And Small Dealers.

It Is The Highest Impertinence And Presumption, Therefore, In Kings And Ministers To Pretend To Watch Over The Economy Of Private People, And To Restrain Their Expense. They Are Themselves, Always, And Without Any Exception, The Greatest Spendthrifts In The Society.

The Proprietor Of Stock Is Necessarily A Citizen Of The World, And Is Not Necessarily Attached To Any Particular Country.

I Have Never Known Much Good Done By Those Who Affected To Trade For The Public Good.

Nobody But A Beggar Chooses To Depend Chiefly Upon The Benevolence Of His Fellow-citizens.