Thou Little Thinkest What A Little Foolery

Equity 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.

The Clergy Would Have Us Believe Them Against Our Own Reason, As The Woman Would Have Her Husband Against His Own Eyes.

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.

Prayer Should Be Short, Without Giving God Almighty Reasons Why He Should Grant This Or That; He Knows Best Wheat Is Good For Us. If Your Boy Should Ask You For A Suit Of Clothes And Give You Reasons, Would You Endure It? You Know His Needs Better Than He; Let Him Ask For A Suit Of Clothes.

They That Are Against Superstition Oftentimes Run Into It Of The Wrong Side. If I Will Wear All Colours But Black, Then Am I Superstitious In Not Wearing Black.