“Age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress.”

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882

American poet, author of 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Paul Revere's Ride'.

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”

“Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.”

“From labor there shall come forth rest.”

“There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself.”

“Old age has its pleasures, which though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”

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“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.”