“[Old age] never comes alone.”

“No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.”

“Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.”

“Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.”

“Age is never so old as youth would measure it.”

“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.”

“Woman must come of age by herself…
She must find her true center alone.”

“Childhood may be defined as the age of play; therefore some children are never young, and some adults are never old.”

“Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.”

“A man has four natural enemies: fear, clarity, power, and old age. Fear, clarity and power can be overcome, but not old age. Its effect can be postponed, but it can never be overcome.”