Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.
John SeldenIgnorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
John SeldenThe happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.
John SeldenAll things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service - just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.
John Selden