Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure. – Author Unknown

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. – François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Fire is the most tolerable third party. – Henry David Thoreau

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. – Charles Dudley Warner