Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

— John Locke

Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us.

— John Locke

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

— John Locke

For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns; or can say that he has examined to the bottom all his own, or other men's opinions? The necessity of believing without knowledge, nay often upon very slight grounds, in this fleeting state of action and blindness we are in, should make us more busy and careful to inform ourselves than constrain others.

— John Locke

God, when he makes the prophet does not unmake the man.

— John Locke

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

— John Locke

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

— John Locke

It is a man's proper business to seek happiness and avoid misery.

— John Locke

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

— John Locke

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

— John Locke