Such is the nature of men that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty or more eloquent or more learned yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
War consisteth not in battle only or the act of fighting but in a tract of...
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It...
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their...
My parents were both very intellectually honest straightforward and for them faith meant that you were fully engaged.