“A century ago, life screwed that poor man and me because we were too young, and now they want to do the same thing because we are too old.”

“It occurred to me that among the charms of old age are the provocations our young female friends permit themselves because they think we are out of commission.”

“Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said.‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress,’ said Abrenuncio. ‘If we ever broke down the barriers, we could produce the centaur.”

“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.”

“Let's forget about each other forever," she told him. "we're too old for this sort of thing now.”

“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”

“He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.”