"The only way whereby any one divests himself of his Natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of Civil Society, is by agreeing with other Men to joyn and unite into a Community, for their comfortable, sa…"

"Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state."

"For I confess myself to have been guilty of the same error, of not having looked far enough into the nature of the thing."

"The greatest part of our knowledge is founded on observation and experience."

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