The eye is the only note-book of the true poet. 30 Lowell.
The eye is the window of the soul; even an animal looks for a man's intentions right into his eyes. H. Powers.
The eye—it cannot choose but see; / We cannot bid the ear be still; / Our bodies feel, where'er they be, / Against or with our will. Wordsworth.
The eye of a critic is often like a microscope, made so very fine and nice, that it discovers the atoms, grains, and minutest particles, without ever comprehending the whole, comparing the parts, or seeing all at once the harmony. (?)
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. Ben. Franklin.
The eye repeats every day the first eulogy on 35 things: "He saw that they were very good." Emerson.
The eye sees in all things what it brings with it the faculty of seeing. Goethe.
The eye sees not itself, / But by reflection, by some other things. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Bible.
The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. Pr.