Date: 1611

"The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."

— Author Unknown

Date: 1611

"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."

— Author Unknown

Date: 1611

"My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips."

— Author Unknown

Date: 1611

"For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness."

— Author Unknown

Date: 1611

"And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD."

— Author Unknown

Date: 1715-1720

"He turns the radiant Gift; and feeds his Mind / On all th'immortal Artist had design'd."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

"But now alas! to Death's cold Arms resign'd, / What Banquet but Revenge can glad my Mind?"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1725-6

"And sweet discourse [is] the banquet of the mind."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"This is spoken with too great severity: it is necessary to relieve the mind of the reader sometimes with gayer scenes, that it may proceed with a fresh appetite to the succeeding entertainment."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"The moral then of these fables of Alcinous is, that a constant series of happiness intoxicates the mind, and that moderation is often learn'd in the school of adversity."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.