"For seeing that the whole world is but motion, and there is nothing in it but motion, it is impossible that any part of it should remain always in the same state."

"For it is with the mind as with the body: when it is at ease, it is apt to take delight in any new object, and to be pleased with it, if it be not too difficult; but if it be troubled, it is apt to be…"

"For by Art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMON-WEALTH, or STATE, (in Latin CIVITAS) which is but an Artificial Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Naturall, for whose prot…"

"The light of human minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity."

"For 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; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable…"