In every part of the universe we observe means adjusted with the nicest artifice to the ends which they are intended to produce; and in the mechanism….

When the toll upon carriages of luxury, upon coaches, post-chaises, etc. is made somewhat higher in proportion to their weight, than upon carriages o….

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrai….

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience..

The sneaking arts of underling tradesmen are thus erected into political maxims for the conduct of a great empire; for it is the most underling trade….

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all weal….

The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly spea….

The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare... ….

We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it..

A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; o….

The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination..

Masters are always and everywhere in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labor..

He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.

Have lots of experiments, but make sure they're strategically focused..

The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons..

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from regard to their own interest. We address….

The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be... The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experie….

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 ….

A true party-man hates and despises candour..

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?.

The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its p….