At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?
Oh, I don't know, you know, don't you know?
A little bit added to what you've already got gives you a little bit more.
The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.