“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love”

“We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us”

“Old age: A great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold, you may have escaped, not from one master but from many. ”

“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 began to grow old in my own esteem, and in my esteem age is not estimable”

“When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion”

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”