"Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd."
- William Cowper Brann

"And diff'ring judgements serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we know but where."
- William Cowper Brann

"God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform; he plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
- William Cowper Brann

"No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach."
- William Cowper Brann

"The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes."
- William Cowper Brann

"Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor."
- William Cowper Brann