“There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.”

“The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out.”

“There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That old woman; 3. That old witch.”

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”

“What’s a man’s age? He must hurry more, that’s all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”