Watts

Famous quotes containing the word watts:

“But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other’s eyes.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

“Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine.
But oh, their end, their dreadful end,
Thy sanctuary taught me so,
On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

“God gives us our relatives—thank God we can choose our friends.”
—Ethel Watts Mumford (1878–1940)