The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom-friends.

There are people who are beautiful in dilapidation, like old houses that were hideous when new.

Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom-friends.

There are people who are beautiful in dilapidation, like old houses that were hideous when new.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable Perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations.