"I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark."

"Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter."

"The right of nature ... 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 own life; and consequently, of doing any …"

"The value, or worth of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependant on the need…"

"The end of obedience is protection."