"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…"

"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 join and unite into a community."

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

"Truth, like gold, is not less so for being found in the dirt."