"Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil."

"Riches, knowledge, and honour are but several sorts of power."

"And from this, that every man desires his own good, it followeth, that every man desires to preserve himself."

"For the nature of man is such, that he is always desirous of new things, and of change; and therefore, if there be no common power to keep him in awe, he will be continually in a state of war."

"For by Art is created that great Leviathan called a COMMONWEALTH, or STATE, (in Latin CIVITAS) which is but an Artificial Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Natural, for whose protec…"