"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."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

"This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot."

"She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist."