“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Don't be consistent but be simple true.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Man has will, but woman has her way.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes