Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, And frustrate hope severer than despair.
But oars alone can ne'er prevail Or all the toil is lost.
— William Cowper
Perseverance
Reasoning at every step he treads, Are rarely known to stray.
Fate steals along with silent tread, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
— William Cowper
Philosophy
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
— William Cowper
Generosity
Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, And Heaven reflected in her face.
Candid, and generous, and just,Is most to be suspected?
— William Cowper
Character
Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.