The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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