A delicacy of taste is favorable to love and friendship, by confining our choice to few people, and making us indifferent to the company and conversation of the greater part of men.
David HumeThe supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.
David HumeIt is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination.
David Hume