It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

This is my destiny — I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do!

Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it, into which a young gentleman should be enter'd by degrees, as he can bear it; and the earlier the better, so he be in safe and skillful hands to guide him.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.

Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant.