Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.

How young can you die of old age?

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

Maybe I don’t have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.