"For whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable…"

"The condition of man... is a condition of war of every one against every one."

"And because the condition of man, (as hath been declared in the precedent chapter) is a condition of war of every one against every one; in which case every one is governed by his own reason; and ther…"

"The universe is corporeal; all that is real is material, and what is not material is not real."

"The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors: and therefore the just value is that which they are contented to give."