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

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.