A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

His works (taken together) are almost like a new edition of human nature.

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787 It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut.