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
Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. – David Hume
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. – David Hume