148 Quotes by Isaac Watts

When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.

The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.

Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.

Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.

For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.

No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.

Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.