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• If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And 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....
• To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,-- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's pa
  This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven....
• Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread.
  -- Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788) -- The Fireside, Stanza 31...
• When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the decei
  Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow 's falser than the former day...
• Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee. -- Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788) -- To-morrow
• Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.
  --Nathaniel Cotton (1705-1788)...
• O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content!
  whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die....
• Freedom is still the most radical idea of all. -- Nathaniel Brande
• And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains.