One can lie, but truth is more interesting.
One never knows when one is old for certain.
The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.
The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.