The Identity That We Ascribe

Nothing Is More Surprising Than The Easiness With Which The Many Are Governed By The Few.

Morals And Criticism Are Not So Properly Objects Of The Understanding As Of Taste And Sentiment.

There Is No Such Thing As Freedom Of Choice Unless There Is Freedom To Refuse.

We Find In The Course Of Nature That Though The Effects Be Many, The Principles From Which They Arise Are Commonly Few And Simple, And That It Is The Sign Of An Unskilled Naturalist To Have Recourse To A Different Quality In Order To Explain Every Different Operation.

The First Ideas Of Religion Arose, Not From Contemplation Of The Works Of Nature, But From A Concern With Regard To The Events Of Life.