Thomas Hobbes

"Wonder is the seed of knowledge."

"The sovereign power cannot be forfeited, for it is eternal."

"Monarchy is the safest government."

"Where there is no common power, there is no law, and where no law, no injustice."

"Hope and fear are inseparable."

"The right to all things is a state of chaos."

"Every man is presumed to seek what is good for himself naturally, without instruction."

"Arts and sciences are not to be cast aside for the sake of uniformity."

"Desire of power is a perpetual and restless desire."

"Prudence is the virtue of action."

"The inequality of human nature is the foundation of authority."

"Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions."

"The seeds of time are in all actions."

"Not words, but actions prove the worth of men."

"Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war."

"The desire to know is the mark of a rational being."

"Discourse and conversation are the cement of the commonwealth."

"By art and industry, men have made themselves masters of nature."

"Freedom consists in having no obstacles to the exercise of one's power."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Sorrow is the price of consciousness."

"In geometry, which is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind, men begin with settling the significations of their words."

"The cruelty of necessity justifies the throne."

"Where fear is, there is shame."

"Children are not born with knowledge, but with the capacity to gain it."

"The power to do harm is the power of the sovereign."

"A man separated from others is a man bereft of power."

"Eloquence is power over men's minds."

"The artificer maketh straight lines and circles with instruments, but nature maketh them freely."

"Ambition is the root of all misery."