The follies of youth become the vices of manhood and the disgrace of old age.

青年时的愚行成了成年时的罪恶，老年时的耻辱。

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

老年人的愚蠢并不是所有老年人的特征，而只是愚人的特征。

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Drives my green age that blasts the roots of trees is my destroyer.

穿过绿色保险丝的力量驱动着花朵。驱动我的绿色时代的是我的毁灭者，它摧毁了树根。

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

一个时代的自由思想是下一个时代的常识。

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.

忠诚与冷漠之间的鸿沟就像撒哈拉沙漠，只有心灵的眼睛追随，它的踪迹才会在沙中消失。

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。

The golden age never was the present age.

黄金时代从来不是现在这个时代。

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.

黄金岁月成为中下层生活的重游。这是一个苦乐参半的结局。

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

任何年龄的优秀作品都是神经症的产物。

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.

对你来说，最好的书就是在你阅读的时候对你说得最多的书。我不是指最有教育意义的书，而是指滋养你精神的书。这取决于你的年龄、经历、心理和精神需求。

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

变老的好处是你不会失去你曾经拥有的所有其他年龄。

The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the greatest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others.

我晚年最大的安慰，也是最大的满足，就是愉快地回忆起我为别人所做的许多有益的事和友好的帮助。

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

关于老年最大的问题是害怕它会持续太久。

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

我们这个时代的标志是抱负与迟缓的制度之间的紧张关系。

The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.

最难让人相信自己已经到了退休年龄的人，是睡前的孩子。