World Man Action poet essayist Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
Duty Character Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. - James Russell Lowell
Rest Life It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us. - James Russell Lowell
Action World All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
Sense Time What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us. - James Russell Lowell
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat! - Edie Brickell
Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this. - Francois Rabelais