“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”

“There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That old woman; 3. That old witch.”

“There are only four kinds of people in this world: Those who have been caregivers; those who currently are caregivers; those who will be caregivers; and those who will need caregivers.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”

“I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.”

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, and even death is somewhat ephemeral, as no one has yet faxed back a reliable report.