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

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?

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.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.

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

By how much one man has more experience of things past, than another, by so much also he is more prudent, and his expectations the seldomer fail him.