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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to...more

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War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

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Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

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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 b...more

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During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, a...more