Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. – David Hume
Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other. – David Hume
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. – David Hume
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. – David Hume
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. – David Hume
