I fear thee not, O untried morrow! ~Julia B. Cady (d.1869), "New-Year Thoughts," in Sabbath at Home, January 1870 Since, then, we cannot stop the flight of Time, let him pass. But he must not calumniate as he passes. He must not be allowed to stigmatize vigor and...

Unlike other deaths, years to not die from sickness or murder, their time just comes— perhaps a little weary from a twelvemonth of toil but neither sad nor glad to go; 'Tis been a pleasure to be of service, the faithful companion old year says with a bow as he parts...

Thanks for your help, Dave Martucci of vexman.net! A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole It does not look likely to stir a man's soul, 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag. ~Sir Edward B. Hamley,...

There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. ~Ella...

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine. ~Kurt Vonnegut Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved. ~Susan Diane Murphree Something that has always puzzled me all my life is...

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons One father is more than a hundred...

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. ~Jay Leno (b.1950) The wave is breaking on the shore,— The echo fading from the chime, Again the shadow moveth o'er The dial-plate of time! ~John Greenleaf Whittier,...

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does...

For to-night is the last day of the olden year: And ages and cycles long bygone, They are circling around and hovering near; They have woven his robe and twined his crown, And are waiting about to carry him down.... So the Old Year sits with his friends together, And...

Some welcome it others fight it a few don't even care but whatever viewpoint you subscribe to, the new year arrives like a hare! ~Terri Guillemets, "No tortoise years," 2003 Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. ~Author unknown But...

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ~Albert Schweitzer But...

We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty. ~George Washington, attributed Freedom's natal day...

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his...

There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. ~Ella...

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836 Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into...

True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach [W]hen you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. ~Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift...

The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate All things do go a-courting, In earth, or sea, or air, God hath made...

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity....

Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work. ~Author Unknown It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your...

I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston...

We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness - and call it love - true love. ~Robert Fulghum, True Love Grow old with me! The...