“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.”

“You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.”

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

“Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”

“I never feel age…If you have creative work, you don’t have age or time.”

“Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.”