"[...]it will be his own fault if anyone should endanger his health at Oxford by excessive
Study, our only business here being to go to prayers twice a day, and to lecture twice
a week." Smith 1977,第1頁。 Smith, Adam. Mossner, Ernest; Ross, Ian , 编. The Correspondence of Adam Smith. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1977. ISBN 9780198281856.
" [...]'as by far the most useful and therefore by far the happiest and most honourable period' of his life." Rae 1895,第42頁 Rae, John. Life of Adam Smith . London: Macmillan. 1895. (簡體中文譯本:约翰·雷. 亚当·斯密传. 由胡企林; 陈应年翻译. 北京: 商务印书馆. 1983. ISBN 9787100014168.)
兩份筆記內容大致相同,惟1762年出版書名為《法理學講義》(Lectures on Jurisprudence),再版參見Smith 1982;1763年出版書名為《司法,警察,收入和軍備講義》(Lectures on justice, police, revenue and arms),再版參見Smith 1896。 Smith, Adam. Meek, Ronald; Raphael, David; Stein, Peter , 编. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund. 1982. Smith, Adam. Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1896.
"I have begun to
write a book in order to pass away the time. You may believe I have very little to do." Smith 1977,第102頁,編號82。 Smith, Adam. Mossner, Ernest; Ross, Ian , 编. The Correspondence of Adam Smith. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1977. ISBN 9780198281856.