In this age which believes that there is a short cut to everything the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is in the long run the easiest.
Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil they were bullies and they didn't know anything.
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.
Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation a race a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that from age to age nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time his day his age.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children and not for the education of all adults of every age?
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
In every country and every age the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
When marrying ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him 'At my age I don't even buy green bananas.'
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it you've got to start young.
Alas after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.