Consider anything, only don’t cry!

No Ghost of any common sense begins a conversation

You won't make yourself a bit realer by crying.

If doubtful whether to end with "yours faithfully," or "yours truly," or "yours most truly," &c. (there are at least a dozen varieties, before you reach "yours affectionately"), refer to your correspondent's last letter, and make your winding-up at least as friendly as his: in fact, even if a shade more friendly, it will do no harm!

One of the deepest motives (as you are aware) in the human beast (so deep that many have failed to detect it) is Alliteration.

Where do you come from? And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.

You evidently do not suffer from "quotation-hunger" as I do! I get all the dictionaries of quotations I can meet with, as I always want to know where a quotation comes from.