The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art