A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
William PettyAn house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.
William PettyRaising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.
William Petty