It is a maxim received among philosophers themselves from the days of
Aristotle down to those of Sir William Hamilton, that philosophy ceases
where truth is acknowledged.--_Bulwer-Lytton._
~Physiognomy.~--It is a point of cunning to wait upon him with whom you
speak with your eye, as the Jesuits give it in precept; for there be
many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent
countenances.--_Bacon._
As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no
laconism can reach it; 'tis the short-hand of the mind, and crowds a
great deal in a little room.--_Jeremy Collier._
The distinguishing characters of the face, and the lineaments of the
body, grow more plain and visible with time and age; but the peculiar
physiognomy of the mind is most discernible in children.--_Locke._
What knowledge is there, of which man is capable, that is not founded on
the exterior; the relation that exists between visible and invisible,
the perceptible and the imperceptible?--_Lavater._
~Piety.~--Among the many strange servilities mistaken for pieties one of
the least lovely is that which hopes to flatter God by despising the
world and vilifying human nature.--_G. H. Lewes._