Lawyers make their cake by cooking up other people's troubles.
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.
What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.
... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!
Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.