The 'good old times' - all times when old are good. - Lord Byron

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

The more I see of men, the less I like of them; if I could but say so of women too, all would be well.

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age,
Without the violence of warlike death;
Some perishing of pleasure, some of study,
Some worn with toil, some of mere weariness,
Some of disease, and some insanity,
And some of wither’d or of broken hearts;
For this last is a malady which slays
More than are number’d in the lists of Fate,
Taking all shapes and bearing many names.