... it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.
A Covenant not to defend myself from force, by force, is always void. For... no man can transfer or lay down his Right to save himself from Death.
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.
Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.