"A free man is he that... is not hindered to do what he has the will to do."

"The laws of nature are not properly laws, but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves."

"Fear and I were born twins."

"The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life."

"For the nature of man is such, that if they be not restrained by fear of punishment, they will choose to do that which is most for their own advantage."