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.

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.

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

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.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in read more

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

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.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

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.