Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.