That Money Talks, I'll Not Deny, I

There Is No Balm Of Gilead, No Salve, No Soothing Ointment To Stay The Pain Of One Who's Had In Love A Disappointment-- Unless It Be That Healing Lotion Of Fixing On A New Devotion.

In Larger Things We Are Convivial; What Causes Trouble Is The Trivial.

Of Late I Appear To Have Reached That Stage When People Who Look Old Who Are Only My Age.

Book Burning Is A Charming Old Custom, Hallowed By Antiquity. It Has Been Practiced For Centuries By Fascists, Communists, Atheists, School Children, Rival Authors, And Tired Librarians. Like Everything Of Importance Since The Invention Of The Cloak And The Shroud, Its Origins Are Cloaked In Mystery And Shrouded In Secrecy. Some Scholars Believe That The First Instance Of Book Burning Occurred In The Middle Ages, When A Monk Was Trying To Illuminate A Manuscript. All Agree That Book Burning Was Almost Non-existent During The Period When Books Were Made Of Stone.

If Only I Kept My Eye On The Ball, Looking Downward As Does The Pro There, I Might Not See Where It Was Going, At All, But There Might Be A Chance It Would Go There.