Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.
So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .
Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)