John Locke

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it

Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected

Where there is no property there is no injustice

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant

Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed