“There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol”

“Learning is pedantry, wit, impertinence, virtue itself looked like weakness, and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice”

“Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed”

“Age is opportunity no less than youth itself”

“We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it”

“A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife”