01c. 1619 ADEquity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a "foot" a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience.John Selden / quote ↗
02c. 1619 ADOld friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.John Selden / quote ↗
03c. 1619 ADHumility is a virtue all preach, none practise; and yet everybody is content to hear.John Selden / quote ↗
05c. 1619 ADCommonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.John Selden / quote ↗
06c. 1619 ADIgnorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.John Selden / quote ↗
10c. 1619 ADTake a straw and throw it up into the air,—you may see by that which way the wind is.John Selden / quote ↗
19c. 1619 ADIf a man hath too mean an opinion of himself, it will render him unserviceable both to God and man.John Selden / quote ↗
20c. 1619 ADOf all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people; yet of all actions of our life, 'tis most meddled with by other people.John Selden / quote ↗
21c. 1619 ADPleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I get it.John Selden / quote ↗
22c. 1619 ADCeremony keeps up all things; 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, the spirit lost.John Selden / quote ↗
23c. 1619 ADEquity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure ... (but) equity is according to the conscience of him who is chancellor, and, as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.John Selden / quote ↗
24c. 1619 ADIt is not juggling that is to be blamed, but much juggling; for the world cannot be governed without it.John Selden / quote ↗
