To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly; and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

What worries you, masters you.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.