He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood.
John LockeTo give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
John LockeThe first step to get this noble and manly steadiness, is... carefully keep children from frights of all kinds, when they are young. ...Instances of such who in a weak timorous mind, have borne, all their whole lives through, the effects of a fright when they were young, are every where to be seen, and therefore as much as may be to be prevented.
John Locke