Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less you lead, the more you're driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed, The more you pay, the more they need, The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

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To love is an active verb.

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When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.

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Time is so old and love so brief, love is pure gold and time a thief. We're late, darling, we're late, The curtain descends, everything ends, too soon, too soon.

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Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.

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God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.

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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

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I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.

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Senescence begins And middle-age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends

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