Anthony Ashley-Cooper

"How comes it to pass then, that we appear such Cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the Test of Ridicule?"

"Truly … as accidental as my Life may be, or as that random Humour is, which governs it; I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as My-Self. Therefore if there be that Thing you call a Substa…"

"Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate."

"A Right Mind, and Generous Affection, more Beauty and Charm, than all other Symmetrys in the World besides."

"'Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner."

"Never did any Soul do good, but it came readier to do the same again, with more Enjoyment. Never was Love, or Gratitude, or Bounty practis'd but with increasing Joy, which made the Practiser still mor…"

"'Tis not Wit merely, but a Temper which must form the Well-Bred Man. In the same manner, 'tis not a Head merely, but a Heart and Resolution which must compleat the real Philosopher."

"All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision. To restrain this, is inevitably to bring a Rust upon Mens Understand…"