As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.—Dr. Johnson.
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind without cultivation can never produce good fruit.—Seneca.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.—Bovee.
There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. Like imprisoned steam, the more it is pressed the more it rises to resist the pressure. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.—T. Edwards.
Minds of moderate calibre ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.—La Rochefoucauld.
Guard well thy thoughts: our thoughts are heard in heaven.—Young.
It is the mind that maketh good or ill,
That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
—Spenser.
He that has no resources of mind, is more to be pitied than he who is in want of necessaries for the body; and to be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others, bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.—Colton.
A good mind possesses a kingdom.
Mirth.—Harmless mirth is the best cordial against the consumption of the spirit; wherefore jesting is not unlawful, if it trespasseth not in quantity, quality, or season.—Fuller.