In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.

I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.