James Russell Lowell

“A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.”

“The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.”

“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”

“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.”

“Light is the symbol of truth.”

“Fate loves the fearless.”

“The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction.”

“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.”

“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.”

“Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide.”

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.”

“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.”

“The gift without the giver is bare.”

“No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.”

“Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”

“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”

“New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth.”

“Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.”