"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, …"

"For it is not the bare receiving of a man's message, that makes him an ambassador, but the accepting of his person."

"Hell is truth seen too late."

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

"The greatest part of mankind, in their ordinary life, are led by their senses and appetites, and consequently, by the desire of honour, riches, and pleasure; as also by the fear of pain, poverty, and …"