Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the con… - David Hume

Love in animals, has not for its only object animals of the same species, but extends itself farther, and comprehends almost every sensible and thinking being. A dog naturally loves a man above his own species, and very commonly meets with a return of affection.

What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favour does indeed present it on all occasions; but sound philosophy ought carefully to guard against so natural an illusion.

Long before we have reached the last steps of the argument leading to our theory, we are already in Fairyland