"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."

"Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools."

"The skill of making and maintaining Commonwealths, consisteth in certain rules, as doth arithmetic and geometry; not (as tennis-play) on practice only: which rules, neither poor men have the leisure, …"

"And therefore, what is good for one, is not good for all."

"For the laws of nature, as I have shewed in the end of the fifteenth chapter, are immutable and eternal; but the force and efficacy of these laws depend upon the security which men have of being able …"