The cause of Sense, is the External Body, or Object, which presseth the organ proper to each Sense, either immediately, as in theTaste and Touch; or mediately, as in Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling: which pressure, by the mediation of Nerves, and other strings, and membranes of the body, continued inwards to the Brain, and Heart, causeth there a resistance, or counter- pressure, or endeavor of the heart, to deliver it self: which endeavor because Outward, seemeth to be some matter without.

It's my turn, to take a leap into the darkness!

Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.

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

When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.

If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?

To speak impartially, both sayings are very true: that man to man is a kind of God; and that man to man is an arrant wolf. The first is true, if we compare citizens amongst themselves; and the second, if we compare cities.