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

— Robert Browning, "Rabbi Ben Ezra" (1864)

About Robert Browning

1812 – 1889

English poet and playwright, known for his dramatic monologues.

“Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.”

“Good, to forgive; best to forget.”

“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what's a heaven for?”

“I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart, and be the nobility of this land.”

“I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain.”

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”

“Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.”

“I believe that the normal human heart is born good.”

“Love, passionate young Love, how sweet it is / To have the bosom made a Paradise / By thee—life lighted by thy rainbow smile!”