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

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can read more

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.

The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of read more

The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

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 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.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and read more

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.