"During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called War; and such a war, as is of every man, against every man."

"For words are but the marks of concepts, and concepts are but the images of things."

"The universe is corporeal; all that is real is material, and what is not material is not real."

"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."

"For it is not the bare words, but the scope of the speaker, that giveth the true interpretation of a law."