"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."

"Government has no other end but the preservation of property."

"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."

"God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience, it cannot be supposed he meant it should always remain common and u…"

"Reason, which is the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind."