Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
W. Somerset MaughamOld age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset Maughamif you'd ever had a grown-up daughter you'd know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her - well, it's much better to pretend you're the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
W. Somerset Maugham