Let a man (as most men do) rate themselves as the highest Value they can; yet their true Value is no more than it is esteemed by others.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

Revenge is a feast for thegods!

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

I am not getting any younger and am taking a new approach to life.

The harder I work the more I live.

He knows what I'm about to say--he always does. He is my best friend, my soul mate. In a perfect world, full of roses and sunshine we'd be together, but this is full of broken.

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?

I mean, gosh, my first tours I ever did were with the Ramones and Iggy Pop and Love & Rockets.

I could play ball all day. That's all I want to do.