“The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.” KnowsMenWayYearsWholePurposeNightCertainHoursWalksBoysGoneWalkingHealthyFellowsStealingWanderEarnestNinetyEightyTrekkingInfirmityDissolutionHale Author:Charles Dickens
“"You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."” MenReasonYoungFatherLeftPrayingYoung ManOld ManGrayCriedLocksI PrayHaleHearty Author:Robert Southey
“Comes now a smiling New-Born Year To fill to-day with goodly cheer— An infant hale and lusty. Upon our door-sill he is left By Daddy Time, of clothes bereft Despite the season gusty. If he be Churl or doughty Knight, A Son of Darkness or of Light No man can tell, God bless him! But be he base or glorious Time puts it wholly up to us To dress him!” IfsMenYearsLightLeftBornDarknessDoorsSonClothesSeasonsDressesDespiteGloriousBlessCheerNew YearDaddyInfantKnightsGod BlessHaleBereft Author:John Kendrick Bangs