I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.