Oatmeal indeed supplies the common people of Scotland with the greatest and best part of their food, which is in general much inferior to that of the… - Adam Smith

Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog.

His capital is continually going from him in one shape, and returning to him in another, and it is only by means of such circulation, or successive exchanges, that it can yield him any profit. Such capitals, therefore, may very properly be called circulating capitals.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.