Funerals prove that someone is really gone.

Whatever is spoken of acquires a certain existence.

To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.

Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.

My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner.

Politicians love change, but of details only.

City wits, country humorists.