Date: 1667, 1710
"And there are very few that have any true Kindness for it, and thou knowest not the Worth of that Jewel, thy Soul; but here, here's a Friend, if thou wilt but leave it with him, he will take care of it, it shall not be marted away for nothing."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1697
"The Soul is placed in the Body like a rough Diamond and must be polish'd, or the lustre of it will never appear."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)