Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
James Russell LowellAt the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
James Russell LowellHe who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.
James Russell LowellAmong the lessons taught by the French revolution, there is none sadder or more striking than this--that you may make everything else out of the passions of men except a political system that will work, and that there is nothing so pitilessly and unconsciously cruel as sincerity formulated into dogma.
James Russell Lowell