The Flower In The Vase Smiles, But

The Flower In The Vase Smiles, But No Longer Laughs.

Chins Are Exclusively A Human Feature, Not To Be Found Among The Beasts. Ithey Had Chins, Most Animals Would Look Like Each Other.

Laughter, While It Lasts, Slackens And Unbraces The Mind, Weakens The Faculties And Causes A Kind Of Remissness And Dissolution In All The Powers Of The Soul; And Thus It May Be Looked On As Weakness In The Composition Of Human Nature. But If We Consider The Frequent Relieves We Receive From It And How Often It Breaks The Gloom Which Is Apt To Depress The Mind And Damp Our Spirits, With Transient, Unexpected Gleams Of Joy, One Would Take Care Not To Grow Too Wise For So Great A Pleasure Of Life.

Art Is Nature Speeded Up And God Slowed Down.

The Mind Gets Distracted In All Sorts Of Ways. The Heart Is Its Own Exclusive Concern And Diversion.