We are members of a strange species that devotes its energies to climbing the ladder of success in order to make money to buy things we don't like.
As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine.
When a person puts his best foot forward and gets it stepped on, that's life.
When you see yourself quoted in print and youโre sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.