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Nathaniel Cotton
7 quotes
“If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fireside, stanza 3, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,— Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fireside, stanza 11, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "The incense of the heart may rise", Pierpont, Every Place a Temple, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1…
“Thus hand in hand through life we'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fireside, Stanza 31, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Yet still we hug the dear deceit.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Content, Vision iv, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To-morrow, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Henry W. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“How great his theft, who robs himself!”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Tis the last act which crowns the play.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source