John Locke — "The works of nature and the works of art are but the outside and rind of the wor…"

"Men, being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent."

"The common reason of mankind, which is the law of nature, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty,…"

"He that knows the world, will not be too fastidious, or censorious of the manners of others."

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

"The only security against the world is a thorough knowledge of it."