1618-1667, British Poet
Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
Abraham Cowley – [Indifference]


Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
Abraham Cowley – [Time and Time Management]


Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
Abraham Cowley – [Hope]


Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
Abraham Cowley – [Solitude]