Life is crammed with events that encourage us to want to get old.

“After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked…”

“But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too;…”

“What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obviou…”

“au milieu des fléaux, qu'il y a dans les hommes plus de choses à admirer que de…”