Adam Smith

"A man of moral sentiments never acts from the motive of shame, but always from that of honor."

"The sentiment of propriety may be called the sentiment of right and wrong."

"No society is successful long unless it provides for the education and cultivation of its people."

"The market is driven by the invisible hand of self-interest constrained by moral sympathy."

"In times of adversity, the true character of a man is revealed."

"The wealth of a nation is measured not by its gold, but by the productivity of its people."

"Every human action is ultimately motivated by some form of sympathy or self-interest."

"The man who has acquired the habit of industry has acquired half the battle of life."

"The contemplation of our own unworthiness is often the beginning of wisdom."

"A society without justice is like a body without a head."

"The sentiment of approbation is always relative to the character of the person who feels it."

"The real satisfaction of a man who understands the perfection of the rules of justice is to act according to them."

"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man."

"The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government."

"Nothing is more graceful than a man of great strength and great sensibility."

"The desire of being believed, the desire of persuading, of leading and directing other people, seems to be one of the strongest of all our natural desires."

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The regard of society is the natural motive for virtue in every rational being."

"When the happiness or misery of others depends in any respect upon our conduct, we dare not, as self-interested creatures, neglect it."

"Remorse is the most painful sentiment that can ever arise in the human breast."

"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men."

"Magnanimity is the right or duty of a man of strength to meet danger."

"The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"In the great mercantile republic, the merchant is the first man."

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful is the great and universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments."

"The violence of the gentry's resentment is the great object of apprehension."