John Selden quotes

" No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man. " # Wisdom # Learning # Wit

" 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. " # Kings # Family # Doctors

" Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us. " # Prayer # God # Friends and Friendship

" Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess. " # Alcohol and Alcoholism # Freedom # Power

" Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. " # Idols

" The world cannot be governed without juggling. " # Leaders and Leadership

" They that govern the most make the least noise. " # Management # Government # Noise

" 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. " # Morality # Government # Love

" Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. " # Pain