He seems, to my thinking (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere this, have been made),... A Plotinus-Montaigne, where the Egyptian's gold mist And the Gascon's shrewd wit cheek-by-jowl coexist; All admire, and yet scarcely six converts he's got To I don't (nor they either) exactly know what; For though he builds glorious temples, 't is odd He leaves never a doorway to get in a god.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If we are merely loquacious and loud talkers, then we can afford to stand very near together, cheek by jowl, and feel each other's... breath; but if we speak reservedly and thoughtfully, we want to be farther apart, that all animal heat and moisture may have a chance to evaporate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »