"Labour alone, therefore, never varying in its own value, is alone the ultimate and real standard by which the value of all commodities can at all times and places be estimated and compared. It is thei…"

"The real recompence of labour, the real quantity of the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it can procure to the labourer, has, during the course of the present century, increased in a still …"

"The consideration of our own private interest is the great source of our industry and activity."

"The learned, however, though they may not be the greatest wits, are always the best company."

"The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world."