The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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.

You know, it's almost human nature. If you give me a gift, I feel indebted to you... assuming it's a substantial gift.

Human nature is above all things—lazy.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive