New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689)
The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have, and therefore should be secured, because they seldom return again.
To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.