Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

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

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

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile read more

Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]

First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.