Jane Taylor quotes

Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do! (Jane Taylor)
Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. View quote
Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky! View quote
Jane Taylor
Oh that it were my chief delight To do the things I ought! Then let me try with all my might To mind what I am taught. View quote
Jane Taylor
I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me in these Christian days, A happy English child. View quote
Jane Taylor
Far from mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and vain desires, Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires. View quote
Jane Taylor