"Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see."

"If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible."

"Old age is always fifteen years older than I am."

"Never answer a critic, unless he's right."

"The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools."

"Age isa€|wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly."

"As we grow olda€|the beauty steals inward."

"An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave."

"The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened."

"Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death."