It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope.
Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese.
Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.