Abraham Tucker

“Benevolence is the supreme law of our nature.”

“Satisfaction is the end of all our pursuits, and the removal of evil the beginning of all our joys.”

“Translation is a kind of drawing from the life, where there is not so much need of fancy as of faithfulness.”

“Every man's recollection is his own private history.”

“The first spring of action is the desire of satisfaction.”

“Our reasonings are in good measure built upon our perceptions.”

“We are not masters of our ideas, they come and go as they please.”

“The mind of man is a moving picture, a succession of scenes and images.”

“Imagination is the storehouse of our ideas, and the first theatre of our actions.”

“The world is a great school, wherein we are all scholars, and must learn our several lessons.”