"A true sceptic will be diffident of his philosophical doubts, as well as of his philosophical conviction; and will never refuse any innocent satisfaction, which offers itself, upon account of either o…"

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

"All our ideas are nothing but copies of our impressions, or, in other words, that it is impossible for us to think of anything, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal …"

"terror is the primary principle of religion."

"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."