Thomas De QuinceyThinkers

Alcohol is revealing of character — man is not disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.

The Flower is so pathetic in its beauty, frail as the clouds, and in its coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children'honored as the jewelry of God only by them.

Mathematics is without a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.

Opium is a just, subtle and mighty thing possessed of the keys of Paradise.

Reserve is the truest expression of respect towards those who are its objects.

Style is an organ of thought which stands in relation to ideas and feelings.

Tea is a refined stimulant that will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.