…and The Next Moment All Of Them

I Think The World Is Like A Great Mirror, And Reflects Our Lives Just As We Ourselves Look Upon It. Those Who Turn Sad Faces Toward The World Find Only Sadness Reflected. But A Smile Is Reflected In The Same Way, And Cheers And Brightens Our Hearts. You Think There Is No Pleasure To Be Had In Life. That Is Because You Are Heartsick And-and Tired, As You Say. With One Sad Story Ended You Are Afraid To Begin Another-a Sequel-feeling It Would Be Equally Sad. But Why Should It Be? Isn't The Joy Or Sorrow Equally Divided In Life?

Courage~ What Makes The Flag On The Mast To Wave? What Makes The Elephant Charge His Tusk In The Misty Mist, Or The Dusky Dusk? What Makes The Muskrat Guard His Musk? Courage! What Makes The Sphinx The Seventh Wonder? Courage! What Makes The Dawn Come Up Like Thunder? Courage! What Makes The Hottentot So Hot? What Puts The "ape" In Apricot?~cowardly Lion From The Wizard Of Oz

Time Is Given Us To Be Happy And For No Other Reason [...] When We Waste Time, We Waste Happiness.

Some Of My Youthful Readers Are Developing Wonderful Imaginations. This Pleases Me. When I Was Young I Longed To Write A Great Novel That Should Win Me Fame. Now That I Am Getting Old My First Book Is Written To Amuse Children. For Aside From My Evident Inability To Do Anything "great," I Have Learned To Regard Fame As A Will-o-the-wisp Which, When Caught, Is Not Worth The Possession; But To Please A Child Is A Sweet And Lovely Thing That Warms One's Heart And Brings Its Own Reward.

It Seems Unfortunate That Strong People Are Usually So Disagreeable And Overbearing That No One Cares For Them. In Fact, To Be Different From Your Fellow Creatures Is Always A Misfortune.