Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons.
David HumeIf the religious spirit be ever mentioned in any historical narration, we are sure to meet afterwards with a detail of the miseries which attend it. And no period of time can be happier or more prosperous, than those in which it is never regarded or heard of.
David HumeThe supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.
David Hume