The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.