"Death is a distant rumor to the young"

"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Immortality - a fate worse than death"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit"