"The Passions that most of all cause the difference of wit, are principally, the more or less constant adherence to their purpose; of which there is a degree more than that which in the former chapter …"

"But the most frequent reason why men desire to hurt each other, proceedeth from this, that one man's will is contrary to another's will, or his action to another's action, or his words to another's wo…"

"Riches, knowledge, and honour are but several sorts of power."

"The passion that above all things makes a man fearful, is the fear of death."

"For if we could not see the motions of the stars, we should not know that there were any stars."