Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation, and society of mankind. Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites, and aversions; which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men, are different.

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

A great leap in the dark

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

... it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.