The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more

The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is read more

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come read more

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

Mankind makes living contradictory.

Mankind makes living contradictory.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our read more

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.