A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Thomas HobbesThat wee have of Geometry, which is the mother of all Naturall Science, wee are not indebted for it to the Schools.
Thomas HobbesFear of power invisible, feigned by the mind or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
Thomas HobbesIn 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.
Thomas Hobbes