"The greatest and most important branch of the commerce of every nation, is that which is carried on between the inhabitants of the town and those of the country. The one furnishes the other with raw m…"

"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."

"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations."

"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."

"The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public."