Death Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. William Cowper 8
Positive Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. William Cowper 7
Happiness Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. William Cowper 7
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 11
