I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, read more

I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf
Came I to crouch, as I conceive.
Dame Nature doubtless has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my read more

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all read more

My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all earthly blisse
That God or Nature hath assignde
Though much I want that most would have
Yet still my minde forbids to crave.

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.

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.

Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.

Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.