The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.
A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
Wonder is the seed of knowledge
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.