“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.”
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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine.
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.