"For it is with the mind as with the body: when it is at ease, it is apt to take delight in any new object, and to be pleased with it, if it be not too difficult; but if it be troubled, it is apt to be…"

"For what is there in the world, that is not obnoxious to the change of time, and the violence of men?"

"For the nature of man is such, that if they be not restrained by fear of punishment, they will choose to do that which is most for their own advantage."

"The power of the sovereign is indivisible; and cannot be shared between different bodies or persons."

"For the laws of nature, as I have shewed in the end of the 15th Chapter, are immutable and eternal."