Thomas Hobbes

"The true and only way to happiness is virtue combined with prudence."

"Innovation is the breath of life in a commonwealth."

"Mankind desires not only to live, but to live well."

"The social contract is a necessary evil for the preservation of peace."

"Obedience to the sovereign is the foundation of justice."

"The mind is nothing but the brain's operation."

"Truth lies in the correspondence between our words and reality."

"The greatest fear is the fear of death unjust and violent."

"Man is determined by his appetites and aversions."

"The commonwealth requires a power transcendent and irresistible."

"Reason is nothing but reckoning."

"He who has power over the sword has power over the law."

"The passion of envy is the source of wars between nations."

"Memory is the treasury of all learning."

"Education maketh the man."

"The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom."

"Private judgment and public reason must be reconciled through authority."

"The natural condition of mankind is competition and conflict."

"Success is the reward of audacity and resolution."

"The longest journey is the journey inward."

"Commerce and trade are the bloodstream of prosperity."

"Silence is the virtue of the wise."

"The law is a command backed by sufficient force."

"Perseverance overcomes the impossible."

"The greatest victory is the conquest of oneself."

"Necessity knows no law."

"The body and the mind are but instruments of the will."

"Truth is the reward of those who seek it diligently."

"History is philosophy teaching by example."

"The first law of nature commands us to preserve ourselves."