John Locke

"Where there is no property there is no injustice."

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom."

"All things are moral; and in their proper degree, all are instructive."

"Idleness is the root of all evil, and generates discontent."

"Knowledge is power, but only when applied with wisdom."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Parents should beware of making their children feel they are unwanted."

"Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered."

"The privilege of an absurdity is to remain absurd."

"Children are not born vicious; make them happy and you make them virtuous."

"To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society that by that alone one might determine all the cases in ethics."

"The great art of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"Men are not to be measured by inches, or pounds, or other contents of the body, but by the light which is in them."

"Covetousness, lust, and ambition are the great corruptors of morality."

"The two foundations of a virtuous life are truth and constancy."

"Charity is the distinguishing mark of a true Christian."

"Fear and hope are two passions which naturally arise from uncertainty."

"The art of governing is the art of being honest."

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

"Happiness is not something ready made; it comes from your own actions."

"To be capable of shame is to be capable of virtue."

"Let us then try what love can do."

"The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them."

"Fortitude and patience conquer all things."

"True knowledge consists in knowing the measure of our 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."

"Promises and covenants, like the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, do not always produce the effects expected."

"Compassion is the height of virtue and the foundation of all morality."

"The memory is often a good measure of the mind."

"Travail and care, patience and attention, are required to unravel the mysteries of nature."