"Virtue is harder to be got than a knowledge of the world."

"All men are naturally in a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leav…"

"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator."

"That which is good, we call good; and that which is evil, we call evil."

"The right of judging, that is, of determining all matters of controversy between subjects, whether they concern the interpretation of laws, or the examination of facts, belongs to the magistrate."