Quotes

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

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 about by the natural course of things.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Defense is superior to opulence.

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 restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

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

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

You constantly have to grind, work harder than anyone else.

I think there were a lot of people at Mankato reaching out to the Vikings saying to just bring me in for a tryout.

It doesn't matter what happened in the season or what happened the last play, there's always an opportunity to make the next play.

For me, it's simple: easy recipes equal more family time.

I have tried to have a really good, positive attitude.

I really try to avoid looking at or thinking about my stats because I'm just trying to do my part in winning games.

I always played 'FIFA' and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.