And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price. - Thomas Hobbes

But if it bee well considered, The praise of Ancient Authors, proceeds not from the reverence of the Dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the Living.

The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method; in that they begin not their Ratiocination from Definitions; that is, from settled significations of their words: as if they could cast account, without knowing the value of the numerall words, one, two, and three.

As for [...] Of all passions, that which inclineth men least to break the laws is fear.