The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Contentment

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

Humankind

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.

Logic

Logic is the anatomy of thought.

Opinions

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

Self-esteem

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

Understanding

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.