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The Directors Of Such Companies, However, Being The Managers Rather Of Other People's Money Than Of Their Own, It Cannot Well Be Expected, That They Should Watch Over It With The Same Anxious Vigilance With Which The Partners In A Private Copartnery Frequently Watch Over Their Own.... Negligence And Profusion, Therefore, Must Always Prevail, More Or Less, In The Management Of The Affairs Of Such A Company.

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.

I Am A Beau In Nothing But My Books.

The Difference Between The Most Dissimilar Characters, Between A Philosopher And A Common Street Porter, For Example, Seems To Arise Not So Much From Nature, As From Habit, Custom, And Education.

Upstart Greatness Is Everywhere Less Respected Than Ancient Greatness.