Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels. – John Selden
Of all actions of a mans life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people. – John Selden
No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man. – John Selden
And there is monologue disguised as dialogue, in which two or more men, meeting in space, speak each with himself in strangely tortuous and circuitous ways and yet imagine they have escaped the torment of being thrown back on their own resources. – Martin Buber (1878—1965), translated from German