All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
- Tennessee Williams

The old believe everything.
The middle-aged suspect everything.
The young know everything.
- Oscar Wilde

A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
- Paul Simon

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
- Robert Frost