Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.

Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book read more

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my read more

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh read more

Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when read more

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and read more

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the read more

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin read more

New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should read more

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul