These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

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.

Old age is no place for sissies.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

You have no idea what your legacy will be. Your legacy is what you do every day. Your legacy is every life you’ve touched, every person whose life was either moved or not. It’s every person you’ve harmed or helped. That’s your legacy.