The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]

A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.