"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 property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable."

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought abou…"

"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."

"The attention of the public is always much more forcibly attracted by the vices and follies of the great, than by their virtues and their wisdom."