"And from this, that every man desires his own good, it followeth, that every man desires to preserve himself."

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

"The source of all superstition is ignorance of natural causes."

"For it is not the bare words, but the scope of the speaker, that giveth the true interpretation of a law."

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