No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up dignity. In gluttony there must be eating,… — John Selden Copy Share Image
A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a… — 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
Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as… — John Selden Copy Share Image
He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Nothing is text but what is spoken of in the Bible and meant there for person and place; the rest is application;… — 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
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet. — John Selden Copy Share
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
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
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
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
Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written. — John Selden Copy Share
Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and… — John Selden Copy Share
