Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith
The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. – Adam Smith
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – Adam Smith
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. – Adam Smith