Six o'clock
If that were got rid of , what treasons would be spared , what baseness avoided , what a chain of excess and crime would be forever broken ! We award the palm to charity , and to self - sacrifice ; but , above all , let us award it to moderation , for it is the great social virtue . Even when it does not create the others , it stands instead of them . Six o'clock . -- I have written a letter of thanks to the promoters of the new speculation , and have declined their offer ! This decision has restored my peace of mind . I stopped singing , like the cobbler , as long as I entertained the hope of riches : it is gone , and happiness is come back !