Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
All money is a matter of belief.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this no dog exchanges bones with another.
