It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.

The stability of modern governments above the ancient, and the accuracy of modern philosophy, have improved, and probably will still improve, by similar gradations.

The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions.

The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one.

If ... the past may be no Rule for the future, all Experience becomes useless and can give rise to no Inferences or Conclusions.

A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.

Delicacy of taste has the same effect as delicacy of passion; it enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and our misery.