"The expense of the institutions for education, therefore, may no doubt afford a revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense, and for rewarding a few of the more eminent teachers."

"The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune."

"The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education."

"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opu…"

"The greatest fault of the rich is that they are less sensible of the wants of the poor than the poor are of the wants of the rich."