"The value of a man is not in himself, but in the estimation of others."

"And therefore, if a man consider that argument, which is drawn from the common consent of all nations, to prove there is a God; he must not think it an argument of God's existence, but of the existenc…"

"The will of man is not free, but is determined by the strongest motive."

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

"And consequently, the knowledge of the consequences of words, is called SCIENCE. And though a man should now and then have the good fortune to get any thing by conjecture, without reasoning; yet becau…"