"A man's conscience and his judgement are the same thing, and as the judgement, so also the conscience, may be erroneous."

"For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves."

"The passion that above all things makes a man fearful, is the fear of death."

"In the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

"The value of a man is not in himself, but in the estimation of others."