Abraham Cowley Quotes

"We may talk as we please of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles in fields of d'or or d'argent, but if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in the field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms."
-Abraham Cowley

"This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high."
-Abraham Cowley

"The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair."
-Abraham Cowley in Drinking quotes.

"Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep'rate friends."
-Abraham Cowley

"Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity."
-Abraham Cowley

"Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make."
-Abraham Cowley

"Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good!"
-Abraham Cowley

"I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today."
-Abraham Cowley