Good heavens, of what uncostly 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.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Communism means barbarism

Communism means barbarism

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...