Then I turned to him commanding That he go the way he came, whence he came. But he answered me in sorrow, "May the Past not seek to borrow From the Present without blame - Just one memory from its store, Ere it goes to come no more, Back the pathway that it came, whence it came?"

And let its meaning permeate each day. Whatever comes, This too shall pass away.

Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.

What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We live, we love, we woo, we wed, We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of a year.

All the past is not worth one today.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Hide in your heart a bitter thought, Still it has power to blight; Think Love, although you speak it not It gives the world more light.