To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth from appearances. And indeed the use and benefit of this touchstone, which is natural reason, is spoiled and lost only by assuming prejudices, overweening presumption, and narrowing our minds.

Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge

For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns; or can say that he has examined to the bottom all his own, or other men's opinions? The necessity of believing without knowledge, nay often upon very slight grounds, in this fleeting state of action and blindness we are in, should make us more busy and careful to inform ourselves than constrain others.