And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Tree at my window, window tree, My sash is lowered when night comes on; But let there never be curtain drawn Between you and me.

Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?

Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew