No arts, no letters - no society.

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.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

If you obey God with your whole heart, you'll usually scare off the folks who want you to obey them.

There is one art, no more, no less, to do all things with artlessness.

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

Will I get along with [Vladimir Putin]? I have no idea.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.