You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust read more

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person read more

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of read more

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never read more

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success