The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that from age to age nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money it is all profit it completes our education founds and fosters our friendships and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice it whitens only the hair.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.