Today's Thought

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was considered one of the great literary minds of the late nineteenth century, though he's rarely read these days (as far as I can tell). Still this is a line worth remembering:

"There is little proportion about either
pain or pleasure: a headache darkens
the universe while it lasts, a cup of tea
really lightens the spirit bereft of all
reasonable consolations."