7 Quotes by Nathaniel Cotton

On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God’s your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave to your Maker all the rest.

If solid happiness we prize, within our breast this jewel lies,aAnd 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.

Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee.

Thus hand in hand through life we ’ll go; Its checker’d paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we ’ll tread.

To be resigned 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.

Yet still we hug the dear deceit.

I stew all night in my own grease.