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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
Leisure is the exultation of the possible.
Leisure is the exultation of the possible.
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, read more
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, read more
Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.
