Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Give your absence to those who take your presence for granted.

I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. That point had arrived.

Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?