Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.
Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.
An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.
Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.
No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.
Life is long if it is full.