Nature fits all her children with something to do; He who would write and can't write, can surely review.James Russell Lowell
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himselfJames Russell Lowell
Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. . . . And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light.James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.James Russell Lowell
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.James Russell Lowell
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.James Russell Lowell
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.James Russell Lowell
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.James Russell Lowell
The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.James Russell Lowell
The right to be a cussed fool is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.James Russell Lowell
There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.James Russell Lowell
They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.James Russell Lowell
