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• Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
  We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul....
• Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperment and health.
  Some men are born old, and some never grow so. -- Tryon Edward...
• The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xi, 2...
• So it is Written, So Let it be Done!
• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
  -- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name" 1961...
• Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
• Doct. Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest.
  Macb. Cure her of that. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?...
• For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precep
  line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little....