Laughter should dimple the cheek, not furrow the brow. A jest should
be such, that all shall be able to join in the laugh which it occasions;
but if it bear hard upon one of the company, like the crack of a
string, it makes a stop in the music.
-- Feltham
It is right that he too should have his little chronicle his memories,
his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the
worst, and so grow gently old all down the unchanging days and die one
day like any other day, only shorter....