"It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty."

"The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the body; it sees all things else, but cannot see itself."

"Conquest, acquisition of peoples and territory through force, followed by subjugation, confers a legal right and title."

"He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."

"The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men."