China Is A Much Richer Country Than

Wonder... And Not Any Expectation Of Advantage From Its Discoveries, Is The First Principle Which Prompts Mankind To The Study Of Philosophy, Of That Science Which Pretends To Lay Open The Concealed Connections That Unite The Various Appearances Of Nature.

Adventure Upon All The Tickets In The Lottery, And You Lose For Certain; And The Greater The Number Of Your Tickets The Nearer Your Approach To This Certainty.

The Proprietor Of Stock Is Necessarily A Citizen Of The World, And Is Not Necessarily Attached To Any Particular Country.

When Profit Diminishes, Merchants Are Very Apt To Complain That Trade Decays; Though The Diminution Of Profit Is The Natural Effect Of Its Prosperity, Or Of A Greater Stock Being Employed In It Than Before.

Individual Ambition Serves The Common Good.