Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.
Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.
Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.
Your best work always seems to have been done by someone else.
The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.
I know which side my bread is buttered on: the side which falls on the carpet.