Mans mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain. – John Calvin
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. – John Calvin
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. – John Calvin
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? – John Calvin
Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable. – A.P. Herbert, Misleading Cases, 1935