Reason

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property

All wealth is the product of labor.

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others

A man always has two reasons for doing anything, a good reason and the real reason.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.