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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.

Casting Out Devils Is Mere Juggling; They Never Cast Out Any But What They First Cast In.

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.

He That Has Not Religion To Govern His Morality, Is Not A Dram Better Than My Mastiff-dog; So Long As You Stroke Him, And Please Him, And Do Not Pinch Him, He Will Play With You As Finely As May Be, He Is A Very Good Moral Mastiff; But If You Hurt Him, He Will Fly In Your Face, And Tear Out Your Throat.

Old Friends Are Best. King James Used To Call For His Old Shoes; They Were The Easiest For His Feet.