Old age, which is dreaded by all men, is to me the sweetest and most pleasant period of my life.
Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you'll be able to use them better when you're older.
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now for ever taken from my sight, though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.