One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.
I'm just the same age I've always been.
In December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present.
Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
Invitation is the sincerest flattery.
We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.