I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

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Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who...

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable...

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the...

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most...

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most...

A very honest woman but something given to lie

A very honest woman but something given to lie