Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

A man over ninety is a great comfort to all his elderly neighbors: he is a picket-guard at the extreme outpost; and the young folks of sixty and seventy feel that the enemy must get by him before he can come near their camp

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend

Life is a romantic business, but you have to make the romance.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Taxes are the price that we pay for a civilized society

Age, like distance lends a double charm

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.