The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. Read Summary
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. Read Summary
On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity. Read Summary
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Read Summary
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. Read Summary
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Read Summary
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good. Read Summary
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. Read Summary
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. Read Summary
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. Read Summary
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. Read Summary
The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. Read Summary
Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition. Read Summary
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. Read Summary
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. Read Summary
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. Read Summary