Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit. Thomas Willis More Quotes by Thomas Willis More Quotes From Thomas Willis To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it understands all things but itself. Thomas Willis tasks soul brain Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding Thomas Willis understanding animal fall Diabetes is caused by melancholy. Thomas Willis diabetes melancholy I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power Thomas Willis power names children