"A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less" — Jean de La Bruyère

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete

A shoe too large trips one up

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