"The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects too are, perhaps, always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding, or…"

"The attention of the public is always much more forcibly attracted by the vices and follies of the great, than by their virtues and their wisdom."

"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"

"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."

"The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public. To widen the market and to…"