As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero on age
Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. Marcus Tullius Cicero on age
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. Marcus Tullius Cicero on age
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable. Marcus Tullius Cicero on death
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. Marcus Tullius Cicero on education
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Tullius Cicero on education
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. Marcus Tullius Cicero on education
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. Marcus Tullius Cicero on experience