Death Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. William Cowper 14
Positive Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. William Cowper 16
Happiness Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. William Cowper 14
Happiness Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. William Cowper 19
