David Hume — "The passion of love is a much more powerful principle of action than reason."

"The sceptic, therefore, still continues to reason and believe, even though he asserts that he cannot defend his reason by reasons."

"What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought!"

"The general rule is, that all objects, which are continguous in time and place, and betwixt which there is an original resemblance, are conceived as united by the imagination."

"For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never c…"

"The chief cause of human error is to be found in the prejudice of the imagination."