"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire."

"The more things change the more they remain the same."

"The problem most people have with resisting temptation is that they never really want to discourage it altogether."

"A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset."

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow."

"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."

"Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark."

"A happy marriage is the world's best bargain."

"Conspicuous by its absence."

"Perhaps you do not understand me because you do not love me."

"There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together."