No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age

Too much honor destroys a man quicker than too much of any other fine quality.

There was a time, not so long ago, when the stupid and uneducated aspired to be thought intelligent and cultured people doing their best to feign stupidity.

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.