All 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 SeldenThe happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.
John SeldenIn quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.
John SeldenReligion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.
John Selden