James Russell Lowell Quotes on Character
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His words were simple words enough, And yet he used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low.
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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.
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The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many-honored by the Few; To count as naught in World or Church or State; But inwardly in secret to be great.
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Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.