"What I pretend is to speak with lesser words about those immense words. To be more sincere: I would like to speak with immense words about those immense words"; so spoke J.A. Marina in one of his books, The Sentimental Labyrinth. There are few people as appropriate as he to lead us into a philosophy about old age. There are few occasions where wisdom and simplicity go hand in hand in a manner so tight and prolific as is the case with Marina's words. Let us take advantage of him.