"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man." ― Felix Frankfurter Topic(s): Age More From Felix Frankfurter "Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society." "To some lawyers, all facts are created equal." "The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes." More In Age "Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age."― Hosea Ballou "If you think of what food is, it’s the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It’s not fully appreciated as such."― Tom Vilsack "Michelle Pfeiffer hasn’t been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn’t like what a woman her age is offered. That’s a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn’t work the other way around."― Denzel Washington