Date: 1665
"And indeed, the Thoughts of many a Person, are oftentimes so active, and restless, that something or other they must, and will perpetually be doing; and like unruly Souldiers, if you have not a care to employ them well, they will employ themselves ill."
preview | full record— Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)
Date: 1699
"A Mind dwelling in a Body, is in many respects superior to it; yet in some respects is under it."
preview | full record— Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715)
Date: 1700, 1712
"And as Inferiour Persons, when they are advanced to Power, are strangely Insolent and Tyrannical towards those that are subject to them; so the Lusts and Passions of men, when they once get the Command of them, are the most domineering Tyrants in the World; and there is no such Slave as a Man th...
preview | full record— Tillotson, John (1630-1694)