Reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you you should stay home and have a good cry.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

As long as any adult thinks that he like the parents and teachers of old can become introspective invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him he is lost.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.