“Come up and see me sometime. . .”

—Mae West

“Anythin’ for a quiet life. . .”

—Charles Dickens

“Something attempted. . .

Something done. . .

Has earned a night’s repose. . .”

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I want to be alone. . .”

—Greta Garbo

“What’s the good of a home. . .

If you are never in it?”

—George Grossmith & Walter Weedon Grossmith

“Seize the present day—

Trusting the morrow as little as you can. . .”

—Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace

“Sweet Stay-at-Home. . .

Sweet Well-content. . .”

—William Henry Davies

“‘Will you walk into my parlour?’ said a spider to a fly;

‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. . .'”

—Mary Howitt