Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.

If only I kept my eye on the ball, Looking downward as does the pro there, I might not see where it was going, at all, But there might be a chance it would go there.