"A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer"

"Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end"

"You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned"

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured"

"All diseases run into one, old age"

"Education is the best provision for old age"

"Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age"

"Old age is no place for sissies"

"Old age is the verdict of life"

"Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success"

"How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete"