What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er read more

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er I be,
The blight of life--the demon Thought.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.

A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.