Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
James Russell LowellReputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
James Russell LowellThe stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.
James Russell Lowell