“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.”

“Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it’s your last or do you save your money on the chance you’ll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be…

“Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.”

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”