Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.
John SeldenThe clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.
John SeldenWhile you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.
John SeldenOld friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.
John Selden