Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.
When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.