"The ignorant think less clearly as they grow older; scholars think more clearly as they age." ~~ Talmud, Kinnin
"If youth knew; if age could. " ~~ Sigmund Freud
"No individual can be constructed entire without a link with the past." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"To be old is a glorious thing when one has not unlearned what it means to begin. " ~~ Martin Buber
"Days are scrolls, you may write on them what you wish." ~~ Bachya
"Idleness causes boredom." ~~ Ketubot 5:5
"A young man has to live and an old man wants to." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. " ~~ Henry Youngman
"Who respects the elderly is as if he respects the Lord." ~~ Alphabet of Ben Sira
"Charity lengthens one’s days and years." ~~ Tana Deve Eliyahu Zuta
"Do not dishonor the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira
"The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav