A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

…having once seen him put forth his strength in battle, methinks I could know him again among a thousand warriors. He rushes into the fray as if he were summoned to a banquet. There is more than mere strength—there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed! It is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds.

Each age has deemed the new-born year. The fittest time for festal cheer

I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!

The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.