This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. – 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
Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith
To feel much for others and little for ourselves to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. – Adam Smith