“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

“It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.”

“A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.”

“when you're young
a pair of
female
high-heeled shoes
just sitting
alone
in the closet
can fire your
bones;
when you're old
it's just
a pair of shoes
without
anybody
in them
and
just as
well.”

“And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Isn't that a great saying?”

“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”

“Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes.”

“It takes a heap o’ children to make a home that’s true,
And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe;
But if it has a mother dear, and a good old dad or two,
Why, that’s the sort of good old home for good old me and you.”

“I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.”

“I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors.”