"For the laws of nature are not properly laws, but certain dictates of reason."

"The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof."

"Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools."

"For where no covenant hath preceded, there hath no right been transferred, and every man has right to every thing; and consequently, no action can be unjust."

"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."