Where there is no common power, there is no law

The world is governed by opinion.

For after the subject is removed or the eye shut, we still retain an image of the things seen, though more obscure than when we see it...Imagination, therefore, is nothing more than decaying sense.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.

Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.

The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.