It isn't how long you stick around but what you put over while you are here.
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
A good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin.
It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.