Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.
James Russell LowellWhere one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.
James Russell LowellWhat men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
James Russell Lowell