War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.

Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.

The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here.

For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

I mean by the universe, the aggregate of all things that have being in themselves; and so do all men else. And because God has a being, it follows that he is either the whole universe, or part of it. Nor does his Lordship go about to disprove it, but only seems to wonder at it.