Defense Is Superior To Opulence.

In A Militia, The Character Of The Laborer, Artificer, Or Tradesman, Predominates Over That Of The Soldier: In A Standing Army, That Of The Soldier Predominates Over Every Other Character.

What Can Be Added To The Happiness Of The Man Who Is In Health, Who Is Out Of Debt, And Has A Clear Conscience?

To Hinder, Besides, The Farmer From Selling His Goods At All Times To The Best Market, Is Evidently To Sacrifice The Ordinary Laws Of Justice To An Idea Of Public Utility, To A Sort Of Reasons Of State; An Act Of Legislative Authority Which Ought To Be Exercised Only, Which Can Be Pardoned Only In Cases Of The Most Urgent Necessity.

It Seldom Happens, However, That A Great Proprietor Is A Great Improver.

All For Ourselves, And Nothing For Other People, Seems, In Every Age Of The World, To Have Been The Vile Maxim Of The Masters Of Mankind.