There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. – Thomas Browne
Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death. – Thomas Browne
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. – Thomas Browne
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike. – Thomas Browne
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. – Thomas Browne
A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. – Thomas Browne
