James Russell Lowell

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

I who still pray at morning and at eve Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed Thrice stirred below conscious self Have felt that perfect disenthrallment which is God.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard if he must hev beliefs not to b'lieve 'em too hard.

Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.

The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere you can't see it - but all the same it is sixteen pounds to the square inch.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

One day with life and heart is more than time enough to find a world.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune And over it softly her warm ear lays.

Let us be of good cheer however remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Fortune is the rod of the weak and the staff of the brave.

Let us be of good cheer remembering that misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

Whom the heart of man shuts out Sometimes the heart of God takes in.