He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and not by their mediocrity, nor by their being commended. For several men praise several customs, and, contrarily, what one calls vice, another calls virtue, as their present affections lead them.

It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.

The Imagination that is raised in man (or any other creature imbued with the faculty of imagining) by words, or other voluntary signs, is that we generally call Understanding; and is common to Man and Beasts.

Reason is the Soul of the Law.

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.

For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.