Candid Quote by William Petty

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are…

— William Petty

It were good to know how much hay an acre of every sort will bear; how many cattle the same weight of each sort…

— William Petty

Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are…

— William Petty

Money is the best rule of commerce.

— William Petty

Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.

— William Petty

A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.

— William Petty

The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments,…

— William Petty

I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.

— William Petty

No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

— William Petty

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an…

— William Petty

“Milk was used in various forms during the summer months; in winter beer or water was used. Bread, cakes, potatoes, and sea food were…

— William Petty

The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.

— William Petty