“But when an old man dances,
His locks with age are grey.
But he's a child in mind.”

“"You are old, Father William." the young man cried,
"The few locks which are left you are grey;
You are hale, Father William—a hearty old man:
Now tell me the reason, I pray."”

“It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.”

“The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.”

“It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time.”

“A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.”

“And David saw himself reflected in the Woodsman's eyes, and there he was no longer old but a young man, for a man is always his father's child no matter how old he is or how long they have been apart.”

“When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.”

“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.”

“There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not remember where he laid his hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, "His memory is going."”