They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. – William Cowper
I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute on;
but I wish that I could get away
And go home to the village of Bruton. – William Cowper
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. – William Cowper
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one… – William Cowper