The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.

One horse-laugh is worth ten-thousand syllogisms.

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.