How Selfish Soever Man May Be Supposed,

The Principle Which Prompts To Save Is The Desire Of Bettering Our Conditiona Desire Which?comes With Us From The Womb And Never Leaves Us Till We Go Into The Grave.

By Nature A Philosopher Is Not In Genius And Disposition Half So Different From A Street Porter, As A Mastiff Is From A Greyhound

Secrets In Manufactures Are Capable Of Being Longer Kept Than Secrets In Trade.

This Great Increase Of The Quantity Of Work Which, In Consequence Of The Division Of Labour, The Same Number Of People Are Capable Of Performing, Is Owing To Three Different Circumstances; First, To The Increase Of Dexterity In Every Particular Workman; Secondly, To The Saving Of The Time Which Is Commonly Lost In Passing From One Species Of Work To Another; And Lastly, To The Invention Of A Great Number Of Machines Which Facilitate And Abridge Labour, And Enable One Man To Do The Work Of Many.

People Of The Same Trade Seldom Meet Together, Even For Merriment And Diversion, But The Conversation Ends In A Conspiracy Against The Public, Or In Some Contrivance To Raise Prices.