Maxioms by William Cowper
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
