“There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course
“It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem, and in my esteem age is not estimable
“Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low
“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
“Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young
“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul