Date: 1675
"Since our minds are the Magazines of true wealth, and why should we expect that from Strangers, which we may bestow upon our Selves?"
preview | full record— Le Grand, Antoine (1629-1699)
Date: 1747
"The figures, which must actuate her, remain / As yet quite uncollected in the brain; / Exterior objects have not furnish' yet / Th' ideal stores which Age is sure to get."
preview | full record— Cardinal Melchior de Polignac (1661-1741)