But Avarice And Ambition In The Rich,

It Is Not The Actual Greatness Of National Wealth, But Its Continual Increase, Which Occasions A Rise In The Wages Of Labour. It Is Not, Accordingly, In The Richest Countries, But In The Most Thriving, Or In Those Which Are Growing Rich The Fastest, That The Wages Of Labour Are Highest. England Is Certainly, In The Present Times, A Much Richer Country Than Any Part Of North America. The Wages Of Labour, However, Are Much Higher In North America Than In Any Part Of England.

For A Very Small Expence The Public Can Facilitate, Can Encourage, And Can Even Impose Upon Almost The Whole Body Of The People, The Necessity Of Acquiring Those Most Essential Parts Of Education.

When The Profits Of Trade Happen To Be Greater Than Ordinary, Over-trading Becomes A General Error Both Among Great And Small Dealers.

The First Thing You Have To Know Is Yourself. A Man Who Knows Himself Can Step Outside Himself And Watch His Own Reactions Like An Observer.

How Selfish Soever Man May Be Supposed, There Are Evidently Some Principles In His Nature, Which Interest Him In The Fortune Of Others, And Render Their Happiness Necessary To Him, Though He Derives Nothing From It, Except The Pleasure Of Seeing It.