Date: 1744

"Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, / Man's heart at once inspirits and serenes."

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Date: 1745

"The joys of sense to mental joys are mean: / Sense on the present only feeds; the soul / On past and future forages for joy."

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Date: 1745

"Drink early then, my Friend, at Reason's Bowl, / And fill with wholesome Draughts thy youthful Soul. / If Wine or Gall the Recent Vessel stains, / Each Scent alike the faithful Cask retains."

— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)

Date: 1759

"Some Readers read too much, as Gluttons eat, / These Flatulence produce, and those Conceit; / If you, by reading much, would Knowledge gain, / Think, while you read, or you will read in vain."

— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)

Date: 1759

"Romance is, to the Mind, a noxious Feast, / Prepar'd by Art, to please a vicious Taste."

— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"For when his Mind once tasted Wisdom's treat, / Her luscious liquors, and pure mental meat, / His Spirit, raptur'd o'er the rich repast, / Soon shrunk to learn life must so shortly last!"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: April 4, 2011

"Theodicy-god has evolved now to both substance and not. / With handy metaphysical blades to slice brain meat from mind."

— Williams, C. K. (b. 1936)