The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.
The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.
The ideal historian goes to the mouth of the tomb, cries: "Lazarus, come forth!" and sets him that was dead for ages, blinking and passionate, in the sun.
Childhood has no necessary connection with age.
Autumn is a hint from God to Old Age.
Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine.
