Thomas Browne Quote

The world that I regard is myself, it is the Microcosme of mine own frame, that I cast mine eye on; for the other, I use it but like my Globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation. Men that look upon my outside, perusing only my condition, and fortunes, do erre in my altitude; for I am above Atlas his shoulders.

Section 12 - Religio Medici (1642) - Part II