I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms.
Thomas BrowneIf riches increase, let thy mind hold pace with them; and think it not enough to be liberal, but munificent.
Thomas BrownePraise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes, or envy struck dumb.
Thomas Browne