Abraham Cowley Quotes

Words that weep and tears that speak.
Abraham Cowley
But what is woman? Only one of nature's agreeable blunders.
Abraham Cowley
Enjoy the present hour Be thankful for the past And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.
Abraham Cowley
The present is an eternal now.
Abraham Cowley
The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
Abraham Cowley
Words that weep and tears that speak.
Abraham Cowley
Hope! Of all the ills that men endure the only cheap and universal cure.
Abraham Cowley
Hope! of all ills that men endure The only cheap and universal cure.
Abraham Cowley
A mighty pain to love it is and 'tis a pain that pain to miss but of all pains the greatest pain it is to love but love in vain.
Abraham Cowley
Gold begets in brethren hate Gold in families debate Gold does friendship separate Gold does civil wars create.
Abraham Cowley
God the first garden made and the first city Cain.
Abraham Cowley
Acquaintance I would have but when it depends not on the number but the choice of friends.
Abraham Cowley
This only grant me that my means may lie too low for envy for contempt too high.
Abraham Cowley
The world's a scene of changes and to be constant in nature is inconstancy.
Abraham Cowley
What shall I do to be for ever known,And make the age to come my own?
Abraham Cowley
May I a small house and large garden have;And a few friends,And many books, both true.
Abraham Cowley
A mighty pain to love it is,And 't is a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.
Abraham Cowley