Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun