For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.

No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.

Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

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.

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.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.