http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/h_l_mencken.html
Having predictably never heard of him...
“No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.”
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/h_l_mencken_2.html#GLuJFrdtBJweo9gx.99
He's perhaps my favorite curmudgeon.
Purple remains my favorite color and Suzzy my favorite Roche sister. Or maybe Maggie. Or Terre.