"The desire of building, and the love of distinction, are the passions which give the greatest encouragement to the fine arts."

"The wages of labour are the encouragement of industry, which, like every other human quality, improves in proportion to the encouragement it receives."

"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which h…"

"The most opulent nations, indeed, are in general the most happy and comfortable."

"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."