“ I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. Thomas Carlyle Philosopher
“ Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. Thomas Carlyle Philosopher
“ And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, it is boldness. Victor Hugo Poet
“ It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face. Robert Louis Stevenson Novelist
“ I have achieved my seventy years in the usual way: by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else... I will offer here, as a sound maxim, this: That we can't reach old age by another man's road. Mark Twain Author