The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.

— Auden, W. H.

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.

— Miller, Emily

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

— Nash, Ogden

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

— Scott, Sir Walter