John Selden Kings Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

Never king dropped out of the clouds.