“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age”

“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness”

“All diseases run into one, old age”

“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul”

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened”

“Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience”