Date: 1760-1761, 1762

"Upon approaching the glass, I could readily perceive vanity, affectation, and some other ill-looking blots on her mind; wherefore by my advice she immediately set about mending."

— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

Date: 1760-1761, 1762

"Knowlege, wisdom, erudition, arts and elegance what are they, but the mere trappings of the mind, if they do not serve to encrease the happiness of the possessor?"

— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

Date: 1760-1761, 1762

"Thus, as a bark on every side beset with storms, enjoys a state of rest, so does the mind, when influenced by a just equipoise of the passions, enjoy tranquility"

— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

Date: 1760-1761, 1762

"The Prince now found that he had all along been under the power of enchantment, that his passion for the white mouse was entirely fictitious, and not the genuine complexion of his soul; he now saw that his earnestness after mice was an illiberal amusement, and much more becoming a ratcatcher tha...

— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

Date: 1760-1761, 1762

"A mind thus sunk for a while below its natural standard, is qualified for stronger flights, as those first retire who would spring forward with greater vigour"

— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

Date: 1762

"And stamp Thine image on my breast, / And fill my emptied heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"Assure me, Lord, that mine Thou art, / And stamp forgiveness on my heart;"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"With strongest confidence assert / The secret of the Lord reveal'd, / The image stamp'd upon your heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"And stamps forgiveness on our hearts."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"Stamp Thine image on my heart, / And join me to Thy Son"

— Wesley, John and Charles