5 Quotes By William Cobbett


Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.
William Cobbett on happiness

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.
William Cobbett on power

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
William Cobbett on respect

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.
William Cobbett on women

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
William Cobbett on independence