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Date: 1719-1720, 1725

"Oh, Melliora! didst thou but know the thousandth Part of what this Moment I endure, the strong Convulsions of my warring Thoughts, thy Heart, steel'd as it is, and frosted round with Virtue, wou'd burst its icy Shield, and melt in Tears of Blood, to pity me."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 2011

"Marx, his mind as hard and brilliant as a diamond, knew he would emerge the victor in any battle of wits."

— Gabriel, Mary

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.