“Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.”

“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the years’.”

“Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.”

“We think in generalities, but we live in detail.”

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

“Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.”

“We pass through this world but once.”

“The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.”

“One faces the future with one’s past.”

“But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”