Quotes from William Cowper

Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

In the vast, and the minute, we see The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds.

God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs

Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.

God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!

Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam.

Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.

Fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.

A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair; Honesty shines with great advantage there.

An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.

Restraining prayer we cease to fight Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

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

Religion, richest favor of the skies.

Religion if in heavenly truths attired Needs only to be seen to be admired.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.