There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.

In this wry aphorism, Smith treats baldness—often feared by the young as a sign of decline—as an unexpected threshold into a calmer kind of happiness. “Felicity” suggests not mere consolation but a positive gain: freedom from vanity, sexual rivalry, and the anxious self-scrutiny that can accompany youth. The “far side” metaphor frames baldness as a passage one survives and then looks back on with surprise at how little was truly lost. The remark also reflects Smith’s broader style: epigrammatic, gently satirical, and skeptical of youthful assumptions about what constitutes attractiveness, status, or fulfillment.