The Dear Good People Don't Know How

They Teach In Academies Far Too Many Things, And Far Too Much That Is Useless.

One Lives But Once In The World.

So Then The Year Is Repeating Its Old Story Again. We Are Come Once More, Thank God! To Its Most Charming Chapter. The Violets And The Mayflowers Are As Its Inscriptions Or Vignettes. It Always Makes A Pleasant Impression On Us, When We Open Again At These Pages Of The Book Of Life.

No Skill Or Art Is Needed To Grow Old; The Trick Is To Endure It.

Do Not Give In Too Much To Feelings. A Overly Sensitive Heart Is An Unhappy Possession On This Shaky Earth.