A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

The best men are the least suspicious of fraudulent purposes.

Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self, exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him in time to come, by his own ability. But envy is the same grief joined with pleasure conceived in the imagination of some ill-fortune that may befall him.

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

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

I think, therefore matter is capable of thinking.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.