“As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.”

“Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world.”

“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

“We’ve put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.”

“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”