He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

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

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

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

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.

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

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

I got sick of the dough and thought I'd go on the loaf.

I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.

Nothing is here in this world that is of any interest at all.

Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.

Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up.

Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

My dad's not a big talker.