Thomas Browne

“Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.”

“Death is the cure for all diseases.”

“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”

“Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.”

“Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.”

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

“Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.”

“To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.”

“Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.”