I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.
Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.
Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.
It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?