A True Party-man Hates And Despises Candour.

I Have Never Known Much Good Done By Those Who Affected To Trade For The Public Good.

Secrets In Manufactures Are Capable Of Being Longer Kept Than Secrets In Trade.

It Is Not From The Benevolence Of The Butcher, The Brewer, Or The Baker, That We Expect Our Dinner, But From Regard To Their Own Interest. We Address Ourselves, Not To Their Humanity But To Their Self-love, And Never Talk To Them Of Our Own Necessities But Of Their Advantages. Nobody But A Beggar Chooses To Depend Chiefly Upon The Benevolence Of His Fellow Citizens.

Sugar, Rum And Tobacco Are Commodities Which Are Nowhere Necessaries Of Life, Which Are Become Objects Of Almost Universal Consumption, And Which Are Therefore Extremely Proper Subjects Of Taxation.

A Man Must Always Live By His Work, And His Wages Must At Least Be Sufficient To Maintain Him. They Must Even Upon Most Occasions Be Somewhat More; Otherwise It Would Be Impossible For Him To Bring Up A Family, And The Race Of Such Workmen Could Not Last Beyond The First Generation.