“The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.”

“It’s time to follow our hearts, while we still have some legs.”

“It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.”

“Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.”

“Age appears to be best in four things: old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”

“The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.”