There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
James Russell LowellIt is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs.
James Russell LowellThere is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.
James Russell Lowell