I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this read more

I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a
mind.

A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an read more

A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.

'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.

How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest read more

How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift-winged arrows of light.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.