Adam Smith — "The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education."

"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opu…"

"To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit f…"

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

"The quantity of every commodity brought to market naturally adjusts itself to the effectual demand."