01c. 1643 ADWe are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the litigation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
02c. 1643 ADErrors such as are but acorns in our younger brows grow oaks in our older heads, and become inflexible.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
03c. 1643 ADPersons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
05c. 1643 ADNow nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of God.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
06c. 1643 ADWhere life is more terrible than death it is the truest valor to dare to live.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
07c. 1643 ADContent may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗
08c. 1643 ADLet him have the key of thy heart who hath the lock of his own.Sir Thomas Browne / quote ↗