Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.
Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.
No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.
The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.