"Some people reach the age of sixty before others" — Sir Samuel Hood

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something

Source: Bishop Blougram's Apology (1855)

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

Source: Sense and Sensibility (1811)

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on

Source: In a Balcony (1855)

Sir Samuel Hood Quote