"And because the condition of man, (as hath been declared in the precedent chapter) is a condition of war of every one against every one; in which case every one is governed by his own reason; and ther…"

"And therefore, if a man consider that argument, which is drawn from the common consent of all nations, to prove there is a God; he must not think it an argument of God's existence, but of the existenc…"

"The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors: and therefore the just value is that which they are contented to give."

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

"Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion."