The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers. – Harvey Cushing
From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even out virtues. – Honore de Balzac
After a few years of marriage, a man can look right at a woman without seeing her — and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him. – Helen Rowland
