Post #1980

Longevity ought to be highly valued by men of piety and parts, as it will enable them to be much more useful to mankind, and especially to their own country. As to others, it is no great matter, since they are a disgrace to mankind, and their death is rather a service to the public.
—Luigi Cornaro

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Post #1794

To be active is the primary vocation of man.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Post #655

In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in the intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.
—Edith Wharton

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