Justice and truth are the common ties of society
Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself...She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.
Men's happiness or misery is [for the] most part of their own making.
God, when he makes the prophet, does not unmake the man.
Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.