Jerome Klapka Jerome. The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
ON THE ART OF MAKING UP ONE’S MIND
ON THE DISADVANTAGE OF NOT GETTING WHAT ONE WANTS
ON THE EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ATTACHING TO THE THINGS WE MEANT TO DO
ON THE PREPARATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF LOVE PHILTRES
ON THE DELIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF SLAVERY
ON THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF WOMEN
ON THE MINDING OF OTHER PEOPLE’S BUSINESS
ON THE TIME WASTED IN LOOKING BEFORE ONE LEAPS
ON THE NOBILITY OF OURSELVES
ON THE MOTHERLINESS OF MAN
ON THE INADVISABILITY OF FOLLOWING ADVICE
ON THE PLAYING OF MARCHES AT THE FUNERALS OF MARIONETTES
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Long, long ago, when you and I, dear Reader, were young, when the fairies dwelt in the hearts of the roses, when the moonbeams bent each night beneath the weight of angels’ feet, there lived a good, wise man. Or rather, I should say, there had lived, for at the time of which I speak the poor old gentleman lay dying. Waiting each moment the dread summons, he fell a-musing on the life that stretched far back behind him. How full it seemed to him at that moment of follies and mistakes, bringing bitter tears not to himself alone but to others also. How much brighter a road might it have been, had he been wiser, had he known!
“Ah, me!” said the good old gentleman, “if only I could live my life again in the light of experience.”
