“Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the humours of the body.” MindMayBodyCasesHumourFitMadnessIllnessTemporarySanityMadness And Sanity Book:Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers. Third edition. First Series Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers. Third edition. First Series
“The body too has its rights; and it will have them: they cannot be trampled on without peril. The body ought to be the soul's best friend. Many good men however have neglected to make it such: so it has become a fiend and has plagued them.” MenSoulBodyRightsOughtGood ManPerilNeglected Book:Guesses at Truth Source: Guesses at Truth
“The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.” ThinkingMindBodyActivityLonelyRoundsExcitementThoughtfulOccupationLeisureGardeningBreeze Author:Augustus William Hare
“If Painting be Poetry's sister, she can only be a sister Anne, who will see nothing but a flock of sheep, while the other bodies forth a troop of dragoons with drawn sabres and white-plumed helmets.” IfsBodyPoetryWhitePaintingSheepFlocksHelmet Book:Guesses at Truth Source: Guesses at Truth