"Trade is the profession of a people who have renounced all other professions."

"It is impossible for us to suppose that these are men; because if we should suppose them to be men, one would begin to believe that we ourselves are not Christians."

"The greatest part of mankind are more capable of a long and tedious application, than of an intense and vigorous exertion."

"The English are the people in the world who have best known how to take advantage of each of these three great things: religion, commerce, and liberty."

"If I knew of something that would be useful to me, and at the same time harmful to my family, I would drive it out of my mind. If I knew of something that would be useful to my family, and harmful to …"