John Selden Kings Quotations

Never king dropped out of the clouds.

Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept.

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.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.