Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles.
James Russell LowellA man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache.
James Russell LowellTruth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to lie at the bottom of a well, for the very reason, perhaps, that whoever looks down in search of her sees his own image at the bottom, and is persuaded not only that he has seen the goddess, but that she is far better looking than he had imagined.
James Russell Lowell