Common sense is the collection
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age,
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems,
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. Albert Einstein
Perfection of means and confusion
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. Albert Einstein
The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing.
The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life would be infinitely happier
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. Mark Twain
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, ‘At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas.’ Claude Pepper
When marrying, ask yourself this question:
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. Friedrich Nietzsche
Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age
Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday. Eleanor Roosevelt
Age is whatever you think it is
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. Muhammad Ali