The Rate Of Profit... Is Naturally Low

We Are But One Of The Multitude, In No Respect Better Than Any Other In It.

What Is Prudence In The Conduct Of Every Private Family Can Scarce Be Folly In That Of A Great Kingdom.

The Subjects Of Every State Ought To Contribute Towards The Support Of The Government, As Nearly As Possible, In Proportion To Their Respective Abilities.

A Very Poor Man May Be Said In Some Sense To Have A Demand For A Coach And Six; He Might Like To Have It; But His Demand Is Not An Effectual Demand, As The Commodity Can Never Be Brought To Market In Order To Satisfy It.

It Is The Highest Impertinence And Presumption, Therefore, In Kings And Ministers To Pretend To Watch Over The Economy Of Private People, And To Restrain Their Expense. They Are Themselves, Always, And Without Any Exception, The Greatest Spendthrifts In The Society.