Of all Discourse , governed by desire of Knowledge, there is at last an End , either by attaining, or by giving over.

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.

I satirize at all times, and my hyperboles are as nothing compared to the events to which they refer.

If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

We especially need imagination in science.

One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.

A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.