Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves.
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.
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
Our work can never be better than we are ourselves.
The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning.
You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing.