Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. (Table Talk, 1689)
John Selden quote They that govern the most make the least noise.
John Selden quote Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
John Selden quote They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colours but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
John Selden quote Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
John Selden quote The world cannot be governed without juggling.
John Selden quote 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.
John Selden quote Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
John Selden quote Biography
English historian and antiquary, 1584-1654
