"Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the sa..." — Adam Smith

Defense is superior to opulence.

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

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