The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

China is a much richer country than any part of Europe.

By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound

A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly understocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price, and raise their emoluments, whether they consist in wages or profit, greatly above their natural rate.

But though empires, like all the other works of men, have all hitherto proved mortal, yet every empire aims at immortality.

The game women play is men.