Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that; He knows best wheat is good… — John Selden Copy Share Image
In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think. — John Selden Copy Share Image
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good… — John Selden Copy Share Image
You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's - not a book that may amuse you, but a… — John Selden Copy Share Image
We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we… — John Selden Copy Share Image
We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Talk what you will of the Jews,--that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their… — John Selden Copy Share Image
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious… — John Selden Copy Share Image
