The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
It is a man's proper business to seek happiness and avoid misery.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
All wealth is the product of labor
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
What worries you, masters you.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us.
New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed without any other reason but because they are not already common.
To give a man full knowledge of true morality I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
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