Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Quote by William Cowper

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And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but...

And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but...

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The book is closed, the year is done, The pages full of tasks begun. A...

The book is closed, the year is done, The pages full of tasks begun. A...

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.

Do you want to know a good way to fall in love? Just associate with...

Do you want to know a good way to fall in love? Just associate with...