youth

"The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men."

"So few of those who engage in espionage are Negroes. In fact, very few of them become Communists. If they do, they like, they get into Angela Davis — they're more the capitalist type. And they throw b…"

"The Cranky Old Man of Tulsa"

"The uniform of polish uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel."

"...what struck boys most was their type. Senators were a species"

"Well what else do you do when you're in jolly old England than go on a search for a teapot?"

"I'll always go back to the stage."

"I'm old now. It's all right."

"When a man of forty marries a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he's seeking but his own."

"A young ticket should never be envied, they queue for the bus the same as us."

"We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops."

"Grief is half of old age."

"Young men in meetings put in common nothing but their mediocrity."

"Your “accidents,” I once noticed, have ways of entangling your enemies that are the green envy of mature and careful strategists. Far too consistent for chance, I concluded it had to be unconscious wi…"

"V. I. Arnold's web page"

"She's not a legend. She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. She can't be a legend, you have to be older."

"My old man never liked me. He gave me my allowance in traveler's checks."

"Ain't I the old devil though?"

"Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need."

"He told me that it isn't what you do but how you do it that shows whether you are clever or not."