"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…"

"The mind receives a great variety of impressions, and is capable of an infinite variety of thoughts."

"Reason, which is the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind."

"The works of nature and the works of art are but the outside and rind of the world."

"The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs... has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who…"