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.

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.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

The last infirmity of noble mind.

The last infirmity of noble mind.

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

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.

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.

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful read more

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote.