Charles Hanson Towne

“Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end, Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone.”

“A city is a place where there is no need to wait for the next week to get the answer to a question.”

“Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.”

“One of the glories of New York is that it is not all New York.”

“The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.”

“I need so little and I want so much.”

“I saw a star, I reached for it, I missed. So I accepted the sky.”

“At Christmas, I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.”