"The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without a great many worthy members."

"To be happy, then, is to have a sound mind in a sound body, and to be well provided with the necessaries of life."

"The greatest part of our knowledge is founded on observation and experience."

"The mind, by being open to conviction, and ready to embrace truth for its own sake, has a free use of its faculties, and a fair opportunity of attaining to a great perfection."

"The only way whereby any one divests himself of his Natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of Civil Society, is by agreeing with other Men to joyn and unite into a Community, for their comfortable, sa…"