Thomas Hobbes. 1588-1679

For words are wise men's counters,—they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.

The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. iv.

No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. xviii.