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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol

Learning is pedantry, wit, impertinence, virtue itself looked like weakness, and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself

We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife