It is a curse to be childish, but a blessing to be childlike.

It is often a result of growth not to be known by someone who once knew you.

Being told that you have not changed is not always a compliment.

Many of those who might grow up someday are already adults.

Most adults are adults all over except between their ears.

Adults often treat each other as children, and children as adults.

There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Newspaper publishers profit greatly from the widespread belief that reading newspapers gives others the impression that one is smart or at least mature.