That wee have of Geometry, which is the mother of all Naturall Science, wee are not indebted for it to the Schools.

I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world.

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

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.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently.