Selden, John
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Selden, John
A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.
Selden, John
Churches
Idolatry is in a man s own thought, not in the opinion of another.
Selden, John
Idols
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
Selden, John
Danger
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
Selden, John
Friends and Friendship
They that govern the most make the least noise.
Selden, John
Management
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
Selden, John
Pain
The world cannot be governed without juggling.
Selden, John
Leaders and Leadership
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
Selden, John
Kings
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
Selden, John
Prayer
To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.
Selden, John
Preachers and Preaching
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
Selden, John
Philosophers and Philosophy
He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.
Selden, John
Morality
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.
Selden, John
Pleasure
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
Selden, John
Superstition
In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.
Selden, John
Quotations
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
Selden, John
Tact and Tactfulness
It s not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.
Selden, John
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Of all actions of a man s life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life Tis most meddled with by other people.
Selden, John
Weddings