Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe