"But a man cannot be said to be in a state of nature, when he is in a city or commonwealth."

"The right of nature, which writers commonly call Jus Naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his ow…"

"Riches, knowledge, and honour are but several sorts of power."

"Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition."

"The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."