David Hume — "A propensity to laugh is at the bottom of all our serious philosophical enquirie…"

"All human life must perish, were his principles to prevail. All discourse, all action would immediately cease, and men remain in a total lethargy, till the necessities of nature, unsatisfied, put an e…"

"The imagination is a great source of error."

"The savage tribes of America, Africa, and Asia are all idolaters. Not a single exception to this rule. Insomuch, that, were a traveller to transport himself into any unknown region; if he found inhabi…"

"The good of mankind is the only object of moral consideration."

"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."