Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.
Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one.
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
Poetry is that which is lost in translation.