"Age is opportunity no less than youth itself" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

Source: Sense and Sensibility (1811)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones

Source: Letter to James Welch (Apr. 7, 1799)

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote