"Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all." — Phyllis McGinley

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!