Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.

Old ones should respect the energy of youths and youths should respect the experience of old ones.

The good thing about being old is not being young.

Blessed is the society that has oldies.

We’re going down to the Margarita Grill to smell the lobster, then we’re going to watch the sunrise, and in between we’ll probably have hot, unsafe animal sex.

Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long-term victory against the cruelty of time and the dangers of this chaotic universe!

Lucas felt uncommonly depressed and careless. Drunkenness, in a man like August Hay, melts the restraints on cheerfulness. On the contrary with Lucas: he kept up courage consciously. Sap his mind, and the lid was lifted from a cesspool of muddy colors.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.

They're like children, really. Only children are far more logical which makes it difficult sometimes with them. But these people are illogical, they want to be reassured by your telling them what they want to believe. Then they're quite happy again for a bit.