Who said “Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than…”?

“Wrecked on the lee shore of age.”

“No wise man ever wished to be younger.”

“Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.”

“Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.”

“There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.”

“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

“Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.”

“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”

“Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.”

“What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.”

“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.”