Let her who is forty call herself forty; but if she can be young in spirit at forty, let her show that she is so. - Anthony Trollope

There are men whose energies hardly ever carry them beyond looking for the thing they want.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. It will be present to you when the energies of your body have fallen away from you. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.