There Was Never A Merry

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.

A Glorious Church Is Like A Magnificent Feast; There Is All The Variety That May Be, But Every One Chooses Out A Dish Or Two That He Likes, And Lets The Rest Alone: How Glorious Soever The Church Is, Every One Chooses Out Of It His Own Religion, By Which He Governs Himself, And Lets The Rest Alone.

In A Troubled State We Must Do As In Foul Weather Upon A River, Not Think To Cut Directly Through, For The Boat May Be Filled With Water; But Rise And Fall As The Waves Do, And Give Way As Much As We Conveniently Can.

A Wise Man Should Never Resolve Upon Anything, At Least, Never Let The World Know His Resolution, For If He Cannot Reach That He Is Ashamed.

Pleasures Are All Alike Simply Considered In Themselves: He That Hunts, Or He That Governs The Commonwealth, They Both Please Themselves Alike, Only We Commend That, Whereby We Ourselves Receive Some Benefit.