148 Quotes by Isaac Watts

Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.

Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.

thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.

Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?

The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

No, I'll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust:-- My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.

Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.