"The power of the sovereign is indivisible; and cannot be shared between different bodies or persons."

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

"For every man that is not a fool, hath a desire to preserve himself; and to that end, to avoid death."

"Ignorance of causes, makes men apt to attribute every event to some immediate invisible agent."

"To believe in God, is to believe that there is a God; that is to say, to assent to this proposition, that God is. Not that I understand what God is, but that I believe that he is; and therefore, that …"