If Men Are Naturally In A State

When It Happeneth That A Man Signifieth Unto Us Two Contradictory Opinions Whereof The One Is Clearly And Directly Signified, Andthe Other Either Drawn From That By Consequence, Or Not Known To Be Contradictory To It; Then (when He Is Not Present To Explicate Himself Better) We Are To Take The Former Of His Opinions; For That Is Clearly Signified To Be His, And Directly, Whereas The Other Might Proceed From Error In The Deduction, Or Ignorance Of The Repugnancy.

For There Are Very Few So Foolish Who Would Not Rather Govern Themselves Than Be Governed By Others.

Force And Fraud Are In War The Two Cardinal Virtues.

Religions Are Like Pills, Which Must Be Swallowed Whole Without Chewing.

Felicity Is A Continual Progress Of The Desire From One Object To Another, The Attaining Of The Former Being Still But The Way To The Latter.