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Date: 1694, 1704

"If we govern ourselves in the use of sensual delight, by the Laws of God and reason, we shall find ourselves more at ease than if we should let loose the reins to our appetites and lusts."

— Tillotson, John (1630–1694)

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Date: 1694, 1704

"Present peace and satisfaction of mind, and unexpressible joy and pleasure flowing from the testimony of a good conscience."

— Tillotson, John (1630–1694)

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Date: 1694

"Wine is strong, and Kings are strong, but a Beautiful Woman fixes her unshaken Empire in the hearts of her Admirers, when all things totters."

— Dunton, John (1659–1732)

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Date: 1694, 1708

"But wretched thou, whoe'er my rival art, / That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart."

— Yalden, Thomas (1670-1736)

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Date: c. 1695-8 [published 1907]

"You o'er my heart were born to reign / And bravely took it by Invasion."

— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

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Date: 1695

"But 'tis not Worldly Empire he design'd, / His Scepter is his Grace, his Throne the Mind."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1695

"To pull all bold Usurping Passions down, / And settle Reason in its ancient Throne."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1695

"His Pleasure sway'd the Empire of her mind."

— Arwaker, Edmund (c.1655-1730)

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Date: 1695

"They did with Wine and Noise the Method find, / To Calm a Conscious, self-revenging Mind. / To lay asleep th' uneasie Judge within, / Till they with Care and Pains, grew bold in Sin."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1695

"[T]he priests, every where, to secure their empire, having excluded reason from having any thing to do in religion"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.