"A young man is embarrassed to question an older one."

"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."

"It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"As we grow olda€|the beauty steals inward."

"An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave."

"We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us."

"Where is the path to Grown-Up Land? How do I get there? Or will I just get old, not understanding that I'm no longer young?"

"When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable."

"Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."