Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

It is rare for someone who is older to be bolder.

Some women wear a miniskirt to reveal their thighs; some wear one to conceal their age.

You need to have really wasted your life to envy the young for being young.

Some women look like their mothers’ mothers. Some look like they’re their mothers’ mothers.

Even idiots can reach old age.

Getting older seems to but does not make us even more mortal.