"AUGUST: Wear a Sardonyz or for thee No conjugal felicity. The August-born without this stone. 'Tis said must lie unloved and lone." - Unknown

"SEPTEMBER: A maiden born when Autumn leaves. Are rustling in September's breeze, A Sapphire on her brow should bind, 'Twill cure diseases of the mind." - Unknown

"OCTOBER: October's child is born for woe, And life's vicissitudes must know; But lay an Opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest." - Unknown

"NOVEMBER: Who first comes to this world below. With drear November's fog and snow. Should prize the Topas' amber hue - Emblem of friends and lovers true." - Unknown

"DECEMBER: If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth, Place on your hand a Turquoise blue, Success will bless whate'er you do." - Unknown

"Everything I know I learned after I was thirty." - Georges Clemenceau

"FEBRUARY: The February born will find Sincerity and peace of mind; Freedom from passion and from care, If they the Pearl (also green amethyst) will wear." - Unknown

"The moment after Christmas every child thinks of his birthday." - Stephen Uys

"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." - Abraham Sutzkever

"You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, "See if you can blow this out."" - Jerry Seinfeld