There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine. – Logan Pearsall Smith

There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein), Diary in Exile, 1935