The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,

The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er read more

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er I be,
The blight of life--the demon Thought.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

One thought fills immensity.

One thought fills immensity.