“All diseases run into one, old age”

“A shoe too large trips one up”

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

“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness”

“Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice”

“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”