These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.
The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
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He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.
I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.
The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.
Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.
Towering in the confidence of twenty-one.
Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.
Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
