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 one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
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.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
All wealth is the product of labor
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed without any other reason but because they are not already common.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
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.
What worries you, masters you.
...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 laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom: for liberty i...
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