| To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich O Magazine, October 2003 |
| The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest of human creature that walks. Thomas Bailey Aldrich |