William Cowper: Quotes

• Fools and Foolishness

  A fool must now and then be right, by chance.William Cowper

• God

  God moves in a mysterious way
   His wonders to perform;
  He plants his footsteps in the sea,
   And rides upon the storm.
  William Cowper

• Judgment

  And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare
  That truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.
  William Cowper

• Leaders and Rulers

  I am monarch of all I survey,
  My right there is none to dispute;
  From the center all round to the sea,
  I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
  William Cowper

• Loss

  For 'tis a truth well known to most,
  That whatsoever thing is lost
  We seek it, ere it come to light,
  In every cranny but the right.
  William Cowper

• Rest

  Absence of occupation is not rest,
  A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
  William Cowper: Retirement

• Variety

  Variety's the very spice of life,
  That gives it all its flavor.
  William Cowper: The Task

• Wisdom and Sense

  Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one,
   Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells
  In heads replete with thoughts of other men;
  Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
  William Cowper: The Task