“ Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. ”
“ A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. ”
“ In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. ”
“ I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. ”
“ A man growing old becomes a child again. ”
“ My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s. ”
“ As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. ”
“ I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him. ”
“ A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ”
“ I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much. ”
“ The child is father of the man. ”
“ Every man over forty is a scoundrel. ”
“ Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. ”
“ No man is ever old enough to know better. ”
“ I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. ”
“ I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. ”
“ The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified. ”
“ No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair. ”
“ Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ”
“ My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. ”