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• Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Sonnet vi...
• To win the secret of a weed's plain heart. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Sonnet xxv
• Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,-- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Sonnet xxxiv, (ed. 1844.)...
• A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Garfield...
• She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone, or despise.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- My Love, iv...
• Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: that you are dreadfully like other people.
  -- James Russell Lowell, "My Study Window...
• Before man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washingto...
• The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Garfield...
• Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- New England Two Centuries ago...