Adam Smith — "With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in …"

"The expense of the institutions for education, therefore, may no doubt afford a revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense, and for rewarding a few of the more eminent teachers."

"The poor, in order to obtain the means of subsistence, are obliged to undergo the drudgery and hardships of the meanest employments, and to expose themselves to the greatest dangers, in order to gain …"

"The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the necessary effect, so it is the natural symptom of increasing national wealth."

"The greatest and most important of all human pursuits is the pursuit of happiness."

"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."