All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. Read Summary
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. Read Summary
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. Read Summary
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. Read Summary
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. Read Summary
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. Read Summary
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. Read Summary
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. Read Summary
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. Read Summary
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state. Read Summary
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. Read Summary
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. Read Summary
Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time. Read Summary
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. Read Summary
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. Read Summary
What worries you, masters you. Read Summary
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. Read Summary
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. Read Summary
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. Read Summary
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. Read Summary