I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?
– James Thomson
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
– James Thomson
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
– James Thomson
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
– James Thomson
Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
– James Thomson
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
– James Thomson
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
– James Thomson
Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away.
– James Thomson
Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.
– James Thomson
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?