To say God spake or appeared as he is in his own nature, is to deny his Infiniteness, Invisibility, Incomprehensibility.

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion

It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.