“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick ”

“A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine”

“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example”

“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy”

“How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete”

“A shoe too large trips one up”