Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.
Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .