William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper Quotes

English noble, politician and first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1665-1723)

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS (c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Educated at St Albans School, he was called to the bar in 1688.

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God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

I should have all manner of tenderness for the right of the College; they are nurseries of Religion and Learning, and therefore all donations for increase and augmentation of their revenue are to be liberally expounded.

There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.