A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. — Thomas Hobbes
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. — Thomas Hobbes
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power — Thomas Hobbes
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some — Thomas Hobbes
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things — Thomas Hobbes
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of — Thomas Hobbes
The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future — Thomas Hobbes