I am hated in my hometown.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.