"Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death dr…"

"The land of the living was not far removed from the domain of the ancestors. There was coming and going between them,…"

"I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowe…"

"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age."

"There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing…"

"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made"

"What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotte…"

"It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I b…"

"One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're ti…"

"It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new …"