"Covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all."

"For the Passions that most of all disturb the mind of man, are such as depend on the expectation of the future."

"The value, or worth of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependant on the need…"

"Ignorance of causes makes men feareful of any power invisible."

"For there is no such Finis Ultimus, (utmost aim,) nor Summum Bonum, (greatest good,) as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers. Nor can a man any more live, whose desires are at an en…"