The clock of his age had struck fifty-eight.

The plague had by this time almost died out, so that the survivors, when they met together alive, rejoiced with much delight in one another's company. This led to the formation of a club of painters, sculptors and goldsmiths, the best that were in Rome.

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it

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

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.