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.

Whoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.

If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.

For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite or compound them, will have little matter to think on.

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.